ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Region has an exceptional reputation of inclusivity in all aspects of its society from ethnicity to religion, and although there is progress, there should be more participation for women, especially in government, Clarisse Pásztory, the Head of the European Union’s Liaison Office in Erbil, said on Sunday. The EU representative in the Kurdistan Region’s… Read more »
AFRIN (Kurdistan 24) – At least 25 militants have been killed and dozens more wounded on Sunday in heavy clashes between Turkish-backed insurgent factions in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin, a war monitor said. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said fighting in several districts of Afrin erupted between the Olive Branch groups, backed by the Turkish… Read more »
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish semi-autonomous region will abide by decisions made by the federal government of Iraq regarding US sanctions on neighboring Iran, a Kurdish official affirmed on Sunday. “The Kurdistan Region is part of Iraq,” the spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Safeen Dizayee, told Kurdistan 24. “Whatever the federal government of Iraq decides, the Kurdistan… Read more »