On August 25, 2024, Acting Special Adviser and Head of UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by ISIS (UNITAD) Ana Peyro Llopis delivered processed information held by
In a meeting on August 22 with Major General Kevin C. Leahy, the newly appointed commander of the U.S.-led Coalition against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Ministe
The city of Sterling Heights in the U.S. state of Michigan has passed a resolution this week to form a sister city partnership with Ankawa, a district of Erbil.
The partnership links the predominan
On August 21, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani discussed the upcoming Kurdistan Parliamentary elections scheduled for October with UN Deputy Special Representative
On August 19, the UK’s Consulate General in Erbil organized an event addressing digital threats to women’s political participation in the upcoming October 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary electio
Kurdish-Austrian director Kurdwin Ayub received the Special Jury Prize for her film Moon at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, which took place from August 7-17.
The film was produced b
On August 18, the new U.S. Consul General in Erbil Steve Bitner underlined that the United States is looking to build strong security cooperation with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in a vi
On August 18, Major General Sirwan Barzani, Commander of the peshmerga forces in Sector Six announced that a joint operation was carried out by the peshmerga and the Iraqi Army against ISIS.
In a p
The German Armed Forces on August 15 handed over 400 backpacks with high-quality medical materiel, six forklifts, and four lift trucks for material handling to the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs (MoP
In meetings with top Kurdish officials on August 15, Steve Bitner, the newly appointed U.S. Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, expressed strong support for the U.S.-Kurdistan Region partnership
