Hewraman region in the western Iranian provinces of Kurdistan and Krrmsnshah has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised the roles of both states as two great powers in the region and the Islamic world.

Germany and Iran have provided their students with the opportunity to study in one German university and the Iranian universities of Kurdistan and Tehran.

An Iranian parliamentary delegation met Syrian premier in Damascus, with the later underlining the need for deepening of bilateral ties.

In a phone talk on Tuesday, Advisor to Iran's Leader Ali Akbar Velyati and Iraqi President Barham Salih conferred on the latest regional developments and deepening of relations between the two countries.

The Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil, denied in an interview with a Kurdpress the reports of disruption in passenger and commercial traffic on the borders with the Kurdistan Region, saying: "All trade and commerce borders are open and the movement of the seven groups is underway with the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Iraq made great progress in its talks with the US, particularly with regard to the presence of US military forces, spokesman for Iraq’s federal government Hassan Nazim said on Friday, July 30.

A Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) military wing on Thursday, July 31, accused a force from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) of attacking its fighters in the Kurdistan Region’s Khalifan area.

Three Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region this week, according to Turkey’s defense ministry.

U.S. President Joe Biden will welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on Monday.

The head of the Peshmerga Affairs Commission in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament stated that Iraq needs US military support and the early withdrawal of its combat troops from Iraq will create a huge gap for the army and Peshmerga forces in the fight against terrorism and it is feared that the Afghanistan's experience will be repeated.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said his country no longer requires foreign combat troops on its land, as the U.S. and Iraq are in discussion for a timetable for troop withdrawal in Iraq.

Seven members of a Kurdish family who were the victim of a racist attack last May were massacred and burned in Konya on Friday.

Turkish fighter jets carried out airstrikes in several villages in the foothills of Qandil mountains on Thursday, Esta’s reported.

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armored vehicle in northern Syria on Saturday, Turkey’s defense ministry said in a statement.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has failed to combat corruption and parts of the government have become “mafia-like”, said former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

U.S. President Joe Biden will maintain sanctions on Turkey for its purchase of Russian S-400 missiles and will impose further sanctions should Turkey buy more major arms systems from Russia, a U.S. diplomat said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.

As Erdogan’s dependency on Kurdish votes becomes more urgent, violence and other oppression against Kurds are on the rise.

U.S. Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said that the United States would continue supporting the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) despite Turkey's objections.

The United States on July 28 slapped sanctions on a Syrian armed group that killed a Kurdish politician amid Turkey’s 2019 military operation.

The Intelligent Online Magazine attributed the numerous visits of Syrian Kurdish officials to France to Russia's increasing pressure on them to surrender to the Syrian central government and they are seeking help from French President Emmanuel Macron.

The serene topography of the Syrian enclave of Afrin belies the power vacuum and violence now afflicting many of the territories under the control of Turkish-backed forces in the war-torn country’s northeast.

Sofrep website says one of the US problems in Syria is Washington's inability to prevent Turkish attacks on the Kurds who are allies of the White House.

The head of Kurdistan Democratic Party of Syria (KDPS) said that French President Emmanuel Macron's meeting with a delegation from the Syrian Kurdistan could be a step towards direct political relations between the Western countries and the Kurdish self-ruling administration and a move to recognize the region.