On Saturday 17th November the Iraqi President Barham Salih visited Tehran as part of his wider tour of the region, which included Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. During his visit to Iran, Salih met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. During the meeting, the two presidents stres...

At the beginning of this week, reports emerged that the Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) assumed control of 30 fortified positions 100 metres inside Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)-controlled territory along the Iraqi border in the southern Euphrates Valley, Deir ez-Zour Province. The PMU have report...

On Sunday 21st October, the Kurdish Independent High Electoral and Referendum Commission (IHERC) officially released the results of the Kurdish parliamentary election. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) obtained 688,070 votes, giving it a significant lead over its rivals, securing 45 seats in the ...

Last week, on Tuesday 2nd October, Iraqi lawmakers elected the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan nominee, Barham Salih, as the new President of Iraq in a second round of voting following the withdrawal of the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) nominee, Fuad Hussein. Shortly after being elected as the ...