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France reaffirms support for Syrian national reconciliation
World01-09-2026

France reaffirms support for Syrian national reconciliation

France will continue to support efforts aimed at enhancing cohesion among different Syrian groups, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Jerome Bonnafont, told Rudaw on Tuesday, adding that Kurdish integration in Syria ought to be addressed within this context.

Iraq targets 10M bpd oil production by 2030, pushes more output from Kurdistan
Iraq01-09-2026

Iraq targets 10M bpd oil production by 2030, pushes more output from Kurdistan

World01-09-2026
Trump warns of 'harder' attack on Iran if it retaliates for strikes
Iran01-09-2026
US strikes IRGC targets after 'attempted attacks' in Strait of Hormuz: CENTCOM
Rojava-based Kurdish companies showcase products at Damascus fair
Syria01-09-2026

Rojava-based Kurdish companies showcase products at Damascus fair

World01-09-2026
AfD gains momentum as Greens fight to retain seats in Saxony-Anhalt election
Syria01-09-2026
Syrian interior ministry forces deployed across Hasaka province, include Asayish personnel: Official
Iran01-09-2026
Iran expands air defense deployment as US warns of further retaliation
Iraq01-09-2026
Private generator owners strike leaves Baghdad in the dark
Iraq01-09-2026
Iraq nets 500 wanted suspects in one month amid nationwide security sweep
Iraq01-09-2026
Authorities release man arrested over Kurdish sign in disputed region

Kurdistan

Man arrested in disputed region for adding Kurdish to shop sign, family says
Kurdistan31-08-2026

Man arrested in disputed region for adding Kurdish to shop sign, family says

A blacksmith in the Kurdish-majority city of Khanaqin in the eastern Diyala province was arrested Monday over what his family says was his addition of Kurdish to his shop's billboard - an incident that has further stoked tensions in a region already fraught with demographic manipulation concerns.

Two killed in explosion while handling artillery shell in Halabja: Police
Kurdistan31-08-2026

Two killed in explosion while handling artillery shell in Halabja: Police

Erbil construction, energy exhibition concludes with hundreds of deals
Kurdistan31-08-2026

Erbil construction, energy exhibition concludes with hundreds of deals

President Masoud Barzani receives EU ambassador to Iraq
Kurdistan30-08-2026

President Masoud Barzani receives EU ambassador to Iraq

Kurdistan Region to acquire firefighting drones from China as wildfires intensify
Kurdistan30-08-2026

Kurdistan Region to acquire firefighting drones from China as wildfires intensify

Erbil cites ‘utmost cooperation’ with Baghdad in anti-corruption campaign
Kurdistan30-08-2026

Erbil cites ‘utmost cooperation’ with Baghdad in anti-corruption campaign

Peshmerga minister says coalition deal to expire in September
Kurdistan30-08-2026

Peshmerga minister says coalition deal to expire in September

Rudaw Digital wins three global awards
Kurdistan30-08-2026

Rudaw Digital wins three global awards

Iranian firms push forward despite sanctions, rising costs in Kurdistan
Kurdistan29-08-2026

Iranian firms push forward despite sanctions, rising costs in Kurdistan

Middle East

Iraq targets 10M bpd oil production by 2030, pushes more output from Kurdistan
Iraq01-09-2026

Iraq targets 10M bpd oil production by 2030, pushes more output from Kurdistan

Iraq is planning to increase oil production to about 10 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2030, Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said Tuesday, directing the federal oil ministry to raise output from fields in the Kurdistan Region and expand exploration.

Iraq01-09-2026

Private generator owners strike leaves Baghdad in the dark

Iraq01-09-2026

Iraq nets 500 wanted suspects in one month amid nationwide security sweep

Iraq01-09-2026

Authorities release man arrested over Kurdish sign in disputed region

Iraq01-09-2026

Iraq completes interrogations for 5704 alleged terrorists from 67 nationalities

Iraq01-09-2026

Baghdad house raid results in arrest of four suspected drug traffickers

Iraq01-09-2026

Iraq sentences five women to prison for trafficking infant

Kurdish official warns of demographic manipulation in disputed region
Iraq31-08-2026

Kurdish official warns of demographic manipulation in disputed region

Euphrates inflow to Iraq quadruples from last year: Ministry of water
Iraq31-08-2026

Euphrates inflow to Iraq quadruples from last year: Ministry of water

Iraq sentences suspect to 15 years over kidnapping of US journalist
Iraq31-08-2026

Iraq sentences suspect to 15 years over kidnapping of US journalist

Iraq says rejected proposal to keep coalition forces after mission ends
Iraq31-08-2026

Iraq says rejected proposal to keep coalition forces after mission ends

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Economy

Iraqi, Syrian commerce chambers sign trade-investment deal
ECONOMY29-08-2026

Iraqi, Syrian commerce chambers sign trade-investment deal

Iraq finance minister says salaries secured, rejects 45-day payment rumors
ECONOMY26-08-2026

Iraq finance minister says salaries secured, rejects 45-day payment rumors

Gulf Keystone announces resumption of oil production, export at Sheikhan field
ECONOMY25-08-2026

Gulf Keystone announces resumption of oil production, export at Sheikhan field

Iraq says oil production recovered to over 3 million bpd
ECONOMY24-08-2026

Iraq says oil production recovered to over 3 million bpd

British energy giant aims to boost Kirkuk oil, gas production
ECONOMY21-08-2026

British energy giant aims to boost Kirkuk oil, gas production

Oil exports through Kurdistan pipeline 'unstable': Spox
ECONOMY19-08-2026

Oil exports through Kurdistan pipeline 'unstable': Spox

Iraq records $16 billion budget deficit in first half of 2026: Ministry
ECONOMY18-08-2026

Iraq records $16 billion budget deficit in first half of 2026: Ministry

Iraqi trucks complete first international overland transport to Turkmenistan
ECONOMY16-08-2026

Iraqi trucks complete first international overland transport to Turkmenistan

Interviews

Iraq will have to choose to abide by US sanctions on Iran: Former diplomat
Interview

Iraq will have to choose to abide by US sanctions on Iran: Former diplomat

ENKS leader says federalism remains Kurds’ preferred system for Syria
Interview

ENKS leader says federalism remains Kurds’ preferred system for Syria

SDF chief reports progress in Damascus talks on Kurdish-language education
Interview

SDF chief reports progress in Damascus talks on Kurdish-language education

Pro-Kurdish party expects PKK-related law to be implemented in weeks
Interview

Pro-Kurdish party expects PKK-related law to be implemented in weeks

Armed factions will push Iraq to marginalization: President Barzani
Interview

Armed factions will push Iraq to marginalization: President Barzani

Provocations from armed groups pose significant threats to Iraq’s regional and international standing, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said in an interview aired on Wednesday, stressing support to the Iraqi government’s campaign to disarm the groups amid the scheduled withdrawal of US forces.

IOM says 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced 12 years after genocide
Interview

IOM says 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced 12 years after genocide

Around 200,000 Yazidis remain displaced 12 years after the Islamic State (ISIS) committed genocide against the community in Shingal (Sinjar), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief in Iraq told Rudaw on Monday.

Opinions

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan

AI and the Freedom of the Human Spirit

Every great era recognizes its most profound changes only in hindsight. Artificial intelligence could be such a historic turning point. Public debate has so far focused mainly on its visible effects: automation, productivity, job losses, disinformation, surveillance. While these are important questions, they may hide a development whose…

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan
AuthorJan Ilhan Kizilhan

Strikes drive Iranian Kurdish refugees to Koya, leaving locals torn between fear and support

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Months of drone strikes on refugee camps surrounding the city of Koya in the Kurdistan Region have pushed hundreds of families into the city center, giving rise to local security concerns even as many residents are stepping in to offer support. During the wider regional war that ensued following the US-Israeli aerial…

Hunar Huseini
AuthorHunar Huseini

COP31-UN climate change conference: An opportunity the Kurdistan Region should seize

This November, representatives from around the world will convene in Antalya, Turkey, for the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31). Their discussions will revolve around familiar themes: rising temperatures, water scarcity, emissions, climate finance and adaptation. For many, this looks like another international conference…

Sipan Abdulselam Berwari
AuthorSipan Abdulselam Berwari

Shifts in nuclear threat landscape spur revisions of Japanese defense strategy

In Thomas Hobbes’s political philosophy, laws and constitutions are not born of "morality," but rather emerge from pure fear of chaos and total destruction. In 1947, Japan succumbed to this formula; it voluntarily shackled its own "military leviathan" and threw the key into the depths of the Pacific Ocean, hoping that the shadow of…

Mahdi Faraj
AuthorMahdi Faraj

Kurdish, Yazidi, or both?

Again and again, young Yazidi women and men come to me, in Kurdistan, in the diaspora, after lectures, sometimes even in therapy, and ask me the same question: Are we Kurds and Yazidis, or are we only Yazidis? They often ask this question quietly, almost apologetically, as if the wrong answer could break something. They feel pressure both…

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan
AuthorJan Ilhan Kizilhan

Finance Ministry report versus Central Bank figures: Is Iraq's external debt $10 billion or $53 billion?

As the languishing mid-summer heat approaches its peak, the Iraqi Parliament is scheduled to host the Minister of Finance to evaluate Iraq’s economic situation. Monthly oil export revenues have dropped from 9 trillion Iraqi dinars ($6.8 billion) to 1.5 trillion Iraqi dinars ($1.14 billion) while monthly expenditures remain above 9…

Mahmood Baban
AuthorMahmood Baban

What the US Patriot pull-out means for Kurdistan Region’s air defense

The US redeployment of MIM-104 Patriot missile defense systems weeks ahead of the scheduled September 30 troop withdrawal deadline has substantial ramifications for the Kurdistan Region’s air defense. The autonomous enclave has relied entirely on US and coalition air defenses for protection against more than 900 Iranian and Iraqi…

Paul Iddon
AuthorPaul Iddon

Twelve years after genocide, the Yazidis are still waiting for safety

On the night of August 3, 2014, my phone began to ring, and it would not stop. Twenty calls, then fifty, perhaps a hundred. All of them from Shingal (Sinjar), a town in northern Iraq. Friends were weeping and screaming into the phone: “Something unspeakable is happening here. They are killing people. Can no one help us?” I called…

Jan Ilhan Kizilhan
AuthorJan Ilhan Kizilhan

Photostory

Erbil residents brave summer heat to stay active
Kurdistan07-08-2026

Erbil residents brave summer heat to stay active

August is among the hottest months of the year in the Kurdistan Region, with temperatures in the capital, Erbil, reaching nearly 48 degrees celsius. But the scorching heat hasn't stopped many locals, who tell Rudaw they remain committed to a healthy lifestyle.

700-year-old dyeing craft in Iran’s Kurdistan province faces extinction
Multimedia04-07-2026

700-year-old dyeing craft in Iran’s Kurdistan province faces extinction

UK performance sheds light on Kurdish plight in early 1990s
Kurdistan24-06-2026

UK performance sheds light on Kurdish plight in early 1990s

Kurdistan’s Zakho city hosts festival honoring iconic Kurdish attire
Kurdistan12-06-2026

Kurdistan’s Zakho city hosts festival honoring iconic Kurdish attire

Kurdish farmers report record ‘Freekeh’ harvest following abundant rainfall
Multimedia23-05-2026

Kurdish farmers report record ‘Freekeh’ harvest following abundant rainfall

Relatives of Anfal victims visit Nugra Salman after executioner warden sentenced to death
Multimedia22-05-2026

Relatives of Anfal victims visit Nugra Salman after executioner warden sentenced to death

Halabja pomegranate festival kicks off, 300k visitors expected
Kurdistan30-10-2025

Halabja pomegranate festival kicks off, 300k visitors expected

PKK kicks off pullout from Turkey, nears end of four-decade conflict
Kurdistan26-10-2025

PKK kicks off pullout from Turkey, nears end of four-decade conflict

Kurdish artist opens art exhibition in Erbil
Kurdistan23-10-2025

Kurdish artist opens art exhibition in Erbil

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