The German Army, Bundeswehr, is set to resume its training of Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, the German Press Agency DPA reports. 

The German army resumes the training of Peshmerga fighters in Kurdistan Region, which was interrupted after the escalation in the conflict between the US and Iran.

Iraqi Defense Minister Najah al-Shammari met on Saturday with senior Kurdistan Region officials to highlight security coordination and cooperation between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Federal Government of Iraq, Kurdistan 24 reported.

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani extended his condolences to the victims of the Elazig earthquake in a phone call with Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, on Saturday.

The President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani stressed the need for anti-IS international coalition’s continued engagement in order to prevent the resurgence of terrorism.

President Donald Trump met in Davos, Switzerland, with both Iraqi Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani and Iraqi President Barham Salih. Looming large in their talks was Iraq’s political future, Iran, and U.S. alliances in the region. Behind-the-scenes, much of the talk appears to center on a Trump administration push to forgo any more investment in Iraq, and to instead double down militarily in Iraqi Kurdistan. It’s a bad idea.

British Petroleum (BP) has pulled out of giant Kirkuk oil field after its $100m exploration contract expired with no agreement on the field's expansion, dealing a fresh blow to Iraq's hopes of increasing its oil output, three sources told Reuters.

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Minister of Peshmerga Shorish Ismael and Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini met in the Kurdistan Region's capital on Tuesday to discuss, among other things, the European country's continued support for Kurdish security forces.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and his Armenian President Armen Sarkissian discussed ways to strengthen ties between the two sides and the region’s conducive environment for Armenian investments.

The Foundation for Research and Supervision believes that the lack of military capabilities is behind the dependence of Iraqi Kurdistan on the US military presence in the Kurdish region. 

Nechirvan Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Regional Government and Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday

US embassy sirens went off early Tuesday as three missiles landed near the compound in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone area, an official statement said.

Three New Generation MPs announced on Monday their split from the party's parliamentary bloc due to internal disputes.

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani has announced that he will meet with US President Donald Trump and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

A political analyst believe the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is dependent on Turkey which has increased pressure on the region after it sought independence from Iraq in 2017.