Tag: Kurdistan
Kurdistan sells its oil on the black market through Iran
Iraqi Kurdistan sells its oil on the black market via Iran, according to a local independent media, with supporting evidence. 1 min With our correspondent in Erbil, Théo Renaudon The…
Baghdad regains control and dissolves Kurdistan provincial councils
The Federal Supreme Court in Baghdad calls for the dissolution of regional councils in Iraqi Kurdistan. At issue: the elections which should have been organized since June 2018 to renew…
The noose tightens around journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan
On Thursday, the criminal court in Erbil increased the sentence of Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Sherwan Sherwani, already imprisoned since 2020 for “undermining national security”, by four years.…
Iraq: Kurdistan denounces a budget bill threatening its autonomy
In Iraq, the long-awaited vote on the budget bill has been postponed. The Kurdistan Autonomous Regional Government opposes the amendments made to the text by the Finance Committee. He denounces…
At least two dead in Iraqi Kurdistan in new strike attributed to Turkey
At least two people were killed and two injured in a strike that took place on Saturday evening April 15 in Iraqi Kurdistan. The operation is attributed to Turkey, Ankara…
PODCAST. What is Kurdistan? The Express explains everything
This week in the cabinet of La Loupe, Hamdam Mostafavi, deputy editor of L’Express, explains to us what Kurdistan is. Listen to this episode and subscribe to La Loupe on…
Raisi visits a Kurdistan subjected to intense repression
The Iranian president was in Kurdistan province on Thursday. Feigning a normal situation, Ebrahim Raïssi inaugurated a drinking water project and took the opportunity to call for foiling the plans…
Iran carries out new attacks in Iraqi Kurdistan
On the night of November 20-21, Iran again bombed Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan, following similar strikes last week. With our correspondent in Tehran, Siavosh Ghazi…
Author visits from Kurdistan | SVT News
In a windy and slightly rainy slope on Luossavárri in Kiruna, the author group is gathered around a fire with coffee, gáhkku and Lars Ánte Kuhmunen who yoik, show and…
In Iraqi Kurdistan, rocket and missile attacks are increasing
Iraqi Kurdistan is at the heart of regional tensions. Turkish forces based in its territory have been targeted twice in the past week. A few days earlier, the Iranian Revolutionary…