Delegations from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Movement for Change (Gorran) met in Erbil on Wednesday, December 12, to discuss the formation of a new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry tweeted on Thursday that he had discussed energy cooperation with a leading Kurdistan Region officials Masrour Barzani.

A delegation for the Kurdistan Region visited Paris where it visited a foreign minister official and the two sides discussed fighting against terror in Iraq and finding ways for peaceful coexistence between different groups in Iraq.

A planned meeting between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and the Movement for Change (Gorran) has been delayed, a source close to the KDP's leadership said on Monday, December 10.

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a Peshmerga soldier in the Latif Awa neighborhood of Kirkuk city on Sunday night, December 9.

An Iraqi commentator on political and social issues told Kurdpress in an interview that former Kurdistan Region President and the Leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Masoud Barzani is seeking to mend ties between the Kurdistan Region and the central government in Baghdad.

The chairman of Kurdistan province’s Industry, Mine, and Trade administration said Sun. that an estimated $ 497 million worth of goods was exported through border crossings of the province during the first 8 months of the Iranian year.

The President of the Standardkurd Institue of Media Studies told Kurdpress in an interview that the interests of the Kurds in Iraq are better achieved if they are within and in line with the politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The UK representative to Iraq visited Kurdistan Region capital, Erbil, where he met with the leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).

Thorny disputes surrounding control of Kirkuk oil exports returned to the news after Iraq’s central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reached an initial oil deal. Optimism with which the deal was generally met was dimmed by the political impasse that confronts Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi against the backdrop of another failure to vote on vacant ministries.

Iraq will reduce oil production in its oilfields by 139,000 barrels per day (bpd) as part of an OPEC agreement to slash output, Iraqi Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban said.

Turkish warplanes hit areas in Kurdistan region that are supposed to be home to bases of the forces of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) negotiating team plans to meet with a delegation from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in next two days, the PUK Spokesperson Saadi Ahmed Pira said on Saturday, December 8.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), one of the largest Kurdish parties in Iraqi Kurdistan, has increased the pressure on outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) following Washington’s decision to authorize bounties on its three leaders.

According to Daily Express the lack of cooperation between Iraqi army and the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga after the independence referendum of Kurdistan Region on September 25, 2017, is the main reason behind the return of the terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) to Kirkuk, Daily and Salahaddin.