POLITICS Home Kurdistan Iraq Middle East World Sulaymaniyah Security Committee Enforces Ban on Mobile Phones and Cameras in Polling Stations Ahead of Kurdistan Elections October 10 The Security Committee of Sulaymaniyah province has announced that mobile phones and photography devices will be strictly prohibited inside polling stations on October 10 Iraqi Border Guard Establishes 22 New Bases Along Turkey Border in Duhok Province October 10 Turkish Forces Raid DEM Party Headquarters in North Kurdistan Amid Calls for Political Normalization October 10 Iraqi Election Commission Urges Parties to Uphold Ethics and Avoid Hate Speech During Campaigns October 9 Iraq and Kurdistan Region Among World’s Top Rice Consumers, with 1.67 Million Tons Annually 1 Iranian MP Urges President Pezeshkian to Address Kolbars’ Plight, Fulfill Campaign Promises 2 Millions Facing Hunger Amid Economic Crisis in Turkey, DEM Party Co-Chair Warns 3 IHEC Issues Final Warning Amid 30 Complaints Against Kurdistan Election Campaign 4 300,000 New Voters Eligible for Kurdistan Parliamentary Elections Around Kurdistan October 8 Turkish Security Forces Arrest Two Kurdish Musicians, Cultural Center Condemns as Attack on Kurdish Art October 8 Iraq Launches 99 Billion Dinar Compensation Plan for Sinjar and Nineveh Refugees October 7 Swedish Woman on Trial for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity Against Yazidis in Syria October 7 Peshmerga 70th Unit Rejects ‘My Account’ Project, Opts for Iraqi State Banks October 7 22 Complaints Filed Against Kurdistan Election Campaigns Amid Concerns Over Harsh Speech October 7 Iraqi Commerce Minister Assures Food Security for a Year Amid Regional Unrest October 7 IHEC Fines 11 Candidates for Election Campaign Violations in Iraqi Kurdistan October 6 PUK’s Bafel Jalal Talabani Elected as MENA Representative in SDP Progressive Alliance Leadership October 6 Christian Candidate in Erbil Alleges Death Threats from KDP-linked Entity, Holds Masoud Barzani Responsible October 6 KRG Education Ministry Announces Week-Long School Closure for Parliamentary Elections October 6 Turkish Forces Enter Residential Area in Duhok Province, Conduct Searches Amid Ongoing Tensions with PKK October 6 34 Women Killed in North Kurdistan and Turkey in September October 6 KRG Completes Over 5,000 Service Projects Under Ninth Cabinet October 5 Sulaymaniyah Governor Urges Peaceful Cooperation Amid Kurdistan Parliamentary Election Campaign October 5 American Forces in Deir Ez-Zor Targeted by Missiles and Drones, Respond with Counterstrikes October 5 Six Injured in Kirkuk Explosion, Police Launch Investigation October 5 International Coalition Aid to Be Distributed to Peshmerga Forces Alongside August Salaries October 5 KRI Migrants Released from Tunisian Detention, Some Returned to Kurdistan Region October 4 Israeli Army Rescues Yazidi Woman from Gaza After Decade of Captivity in IS-Linked Trafficking October 3 ISIS Launches 22 Attacks in SDF-Controlled Areas in September, Majority in Deir Ez-Zor See More
Sulaymaniyah Security Committee Enforces Ban on Mobile Phones and Cameras in Polling Stations Ahead of Kurdistan Elections October 10 The Security Committee of Sulaymaniyah province has announced that mobile phones and photography devices will be strictly prohibited inside polling stations on
October 10 Turkish Forces Raid DEM Party Headquarters in North Kurdistan Amid Calls for Political Normalization
October 10 Iraqi Election Commission Urges Parties to Uphold Ethics and Avoid Hate Speech During Campaigns
October 9 Iraq and Kurdistan Region Among World’s Top Rice Consumers, with 1.67 Million Tons Annually
October 8 Turkish Security Forces Arrest Two Kurdish Musicians, Cultural Center Condemns as Attack on Kurdish Art
October 6 PUK’s Bafel Jalal Talabani Elected as MENA Representative in SDP Progressive Alliance Leadership
October 6 Christian Candidate in Erbil Alleges Death Threats from KDP-linked Entity, Holds Masoud Barzani Responsible
October 6 Turkish Forces Enter Residential Area in Duhok Province, Conduct Searches Amid Ongoing Tensions with PKK
October 5 Sulaymaniyah Governor Urges Peaceful Cooperation Amid Kurdistan Parliamentary Election Campaign
October 5 American Forces in Deir Ez-Zor Targeted by Missiles and Drones, Respond with Counterstrikes
October 5 International Coalition Aid to Be Distributed to Peshmerga Forces Alongside August Salaries
October 4 Israeli Army Rescues Yazidi Woman from Gaza After Decade of Captivity in IS-Linked Trafficking