Turkey extends flight bans on Sulaimani airport for fifth time since 2023

The initial flight ban was imposed in April 2023, with Ankara citing increased activities of the now-dissolved Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the region as the reason.

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Iraq drills, rehabilitates over 100 oil wells in 2025: Ministry

The Iraqi Drilling Company drilled 27 new wells and rehabilitated 86 existing ones during the first six months of this year, according to a statement by the Ministry of Oil.

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UK restores diplomatic relations with Syria after ministerial visit

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Syrian leadership in Damascus in the UK’s first ministerial visit to Syria in 14 years, saying that “after over a decade of conflict, there is renewed hope for the Syrian people.”

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KRG accuses Iraq of ‘cover-up and hiding from responsibility’ amid attacks in Kurdistan Region

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has pointed the finger for recent drone attacks in the Region at elements belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), with Baghdad stringently denying the allegations against the groups, which are formally under the auspices of the federal government.

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Details of PKK disarmament process in Sulaimani emerge

An MP from Turkey's pro-Kurdish People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) informed The New Region of the details of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party's (PKK) first laying down of arms ceremony that is set to be held in Sulaimani on Thursday.

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Changes to Diyala districts a revival of Arabization policy: Kurdish MP

The merging of predominantly Kurdish subdistricts in Diyala province into a new Qaratapa district is reminiscent of Ba'ath-era Arabization policies, according to Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) MP Karwan Yarwais.

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Iraq says KRG accusations against PMF ‘unacceptable’

The KRG had accused PMF-linked groups of being behind the recent aerial attacks in the Kurdistan Region

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Iraq ramps up logistics ahead of Ashura

Shiite Muslims walk in a procession towards Karbala's Imam Hussein Shrine during a mourning ritual on the ninth day of the Muslim month of Muharram, in the lead-up to Ashura, on July 4, 2025. Photo: AFP

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KRG accuses PMF-linked groups of recent drone attacks

“There are no Israeli bases in Kurdistan and no such operations have been conducted,” read the statement.

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