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A boat sails in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off Khasab in Oman's northern Musandam peninsula in June 2025 AFP file photo

Will the ceasefire normalize vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz?

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US Vice President JD Vance disembarks from Air Force Two after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on April 11, 2026. File photo: AFP

Energy shocks and the high-stakes diplomacy of Vice President Vance

Erbil International Airport. File photo: Rudaw

38 days of Iran war cost Kurdistan airports an estimated over $400 million

A file picture shows Iraqi oil employee checking pipelines at the Bai Hassan oil field, Kirkuk. AFP

From Hormuz to Damascus, Ankara: New routes for regional oil, gas being explored

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A motorboat cruises on the Strait of Hormuz with a tanker seen in the background, on February 25, 2026. Photo: Fadel Senna / AFP

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The 2026 Iran war, the bankrupting of regional stability

A navy vessel sailing in the Strait of Hormuz on March 1, 2026. Photo: Sahar al Attar / AFP

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The regional cost of war

Flag of the United States (left) overlaying a picture of women from Aleppo, Syria. Graphic: Rudaw/Photo: AFP edit

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Is the US rethinking its strategy on the Kurdish dossier in Syria?

The Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil. Photo: Bilind T. Abdullah/Rudaw

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Kurdish parties' remain divided, stall KRG formation

An Iraqi voter shows her ink-marked thumb to her family members after casting her ballot at a polling station in the southern city of Basra on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. Photo: AFP

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Iraqis vote in a consequential election as regional tension engulfs the country

Turkish flag and PKK ceremony in Kurdistan Region on October 26, 2025 regarding withdrawal of fighters from Turkey. Graphic: Rudaw

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Ankara-PKK peace process: New developments expected

The building of Iraq's House of Representatives. Photo: Iraqi parliament

01-11-2025

Will a split vote harm Kurdish representation in Baghdad?

This frame grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows smoke billowing after explosions in Qatar's capital Doha on September 9, 2025.

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How Israel’s Qatar strike is testing US’ Middle East alliances

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