In a meeting with the Danish ambassador to Iraq, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Massoud Barzani, sets three conditions for participating in the Iraqi political process, including "partnership, balance and agreement."

A Kurdistan Region Peshmerga delegation and Iraqi Defence Ministry officials discussed joint security operations at a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday, June 23, the Ministry of Peshmerga announced.

Head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani has expressed strong doubts about finding solutions to the outstanding crises between Baghdad and Erbil.

Multiple counterterrorism operations against Islamic State hideouts in both Iraq and Syria in recent weeks have taken out men whom officials claim were leaders within the international terrorist organization.

At the latest Astana Group meeting on Syria, Russia and Iran tried to soothe Turkey by rejecting the Kurdish-led self-rule in northern Syria in a joint declaration this week.

The head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki said on Friday, June 17, the Coordination Framework will attempt to reach an agreement with all other blocs, including the Sadrist Movement.

The head of public relations for the future Kurdish Movement Party in Syria said: "It is necessary that in a situation where Syrian Kurdistan is in danger of being occupied, the Syrian Kurdish movements should seek to solve their problems in order to create unity to bring peace back to this region."

In an interview with Kurdpress, James Carey, an expert on Turkey affairs, spoke about the external and internal challenges of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the upcoming elections in 2023 and his specific actions to address them, including the opposition's efforts to oust him, the future of Turkey Kurds, many other issues in Turkey and the war in Ukraine as well as the unprecedented confrontation between the West and Russia after the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.

The representative of the Syrian Democratic Assembly in the Iraqi Kurdistan region said the self-government administration had prepared itself for any confrontation with possible dangers and was taking the threats seriously, politically and diplomatically, as well as socially and militarily.

A member of the Central Committee of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party (PDK.S) said: "We are part of the Syrian opposition coalition, which is present at international meetings, but we are not part of the military actions and inhumane behavior of armed groups and we have no force within them."

We are ready to encounter Turkey’s military incursion in northern Syria, The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday, June 24.

In a meeting with the Danish ambassador to Iraq, the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Massoud Barzani, sets three conditions for participating in the Iraqi political process, including "partnership, balance and agreement."

Two contractor staff suffered from minor injuries following Wednesday’s rocket attack on UAE-based Dana Gas company which operating in Khor Mor field, Sulaimani province.

An Iraqi MP from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) bloc the KDP’s precondition on joining the federal government in Baghdad was that the federal government not violate the rights of the Kurdistan Region.

A Kurdistan Region Peshmerga delegation and Iraqi Defence Ministry officials discussed joint security operations at a meeting in Baghdad on Thursday, June 23, the Ministry of Peshmerga announced.