Across the global landscape, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transitioning from a technical novelty into the foundational infrastructure of the modern economy. In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), this transformation is already taking root. From optimizing urban grid management and public sector operations to improving water distribution,…

On Monday, July 13, the Munich Higher Regional Court convicted an Iraqi couple of genocide against the Yazidis. For survivors, the judgment represents far more than punishment - it is recognition of their suffering, a warning to perpetrators around the world and a challenge to Iraq. More than eight years have passed since the fateful day when…

A seven-year audit (2019 - 2025) of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) finance data reflects a stark structural imbalance in how wealth is generated and spent across its provinces. While Duhok province drives the Region's non-oil economy - generating an average of 41 percent of domestic revenue via vital trade corridors - it receives a mere…

Some catastrophes announce themselves. They come with explosions, with tanks, and with the thunder of history. The Kurdistan Region has known this kind of violence for decades, better than most countries in the world. Few societies have endured so many wars, forced displacement, and political collapse. Yet anyone who walks today through the…

The girl could not have been older than 12. Sitting on a simple plastic chair in a refugee camp near Duhok, she spoke with a calmness that seemed entirely out of place for someone her age. As she described how fighters of the so-called Islamic State had torn her family apart, she never once looked directly at the reporter sitting across from…

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Pearl Petroleum has proposed a $10.2 billion capital investment plan spanning from 2026 to 2035 with aims of more than doubling its natural gas production in the Kurdistan Region. According to the company's latest report, the Kurdistan Gas Project 10-year expansion plan estimates an increase in production from 750…

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - When remarks attributed to Turkish businessman Rahmi Koc about Kurdish women recently sparked public debate, the controversy appeared, at first glance, to concern little more than a single statement. Yet the intensity of the reaction suggested something deeper. Public disputes of this kind rarely revolve around an…