News Four Parliamentary Terms, Leading Role: Political Career of Kirkuk-Born Lawen Redar in Sweden Lawen Redar, 37, originally from Kirkuk, has secured enough votes to enter the Swedish Parliament for a fourth term after running on the Social Democratic... Fire at Beji Refinery, Smoke Over Arafa: Fate of 610 Workers Hangs in Balance Hundreds of workers and engineers from the Kirkuk refinery in the Arafa neighborhood gathered outside the Kirkuk governor’s office on Tuesday, demanding... Head of Commission Warns of Population Changes in Kirkuk Following 2024 Census The head of the Commission for Kurdish Areas Outside the Kurdistan Region's Administration, which operates under the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG's... Report Shingal (Sinjar) Crisis: Baghdad’s One-Month Deadline Raises Concerns in Erbil Iraq’s federal government has secured Turkey’s commitment to withdraw its forces and is working to integrate fighters from the Shingal Resistance Units... Anti-ISIS Altun Kupri Operation: “Indiscriminate Fire” Murad Zana, 14, was killed during clashes on the evening of Sunday, September 27, between Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service forces and two ISIS militants in... Kirkuk Land Dispute Sparks Tensions as MPs Reject Allocation Plans, Threaten Protests Kurdish and Turkmen members of the Iraqi Parliament from Kirkuk have expressed opposition to plans to allocate land to government employees, raising... Follow-ups Currency Exchange Rate Changes: Protecting Government Revenues at Expense of Citizens Abu Abdullah, a retired resident of Mosul who receives his pension in Iraqi dinars IQD, considers himself among the biggest losers from the recent exchange... YBŞ Agrees to Disarm, Military Wing Hesitant Over Details The Shingal (Sinjar) Resistance Units (YBŞ) have agreed to disarm in Shingal district home to the Ezidi (Yazidi) community by integrating their forces into... Media, Activists Intensify Dispute Between Kirkuk Governor and Provincial Council Chairman When Mohammed Samaan Agha took office as Kirkuk governor last April, his relationship with Provincial Council Chairman Mohammed Al-Hafiz was framed around...
