18+ hour, 28+ min ago   (615+ words) Turkish foreign minister says Ankara-Damascus ties have advanced significantly as he calls for the Syrian Democratic Forces to be integrated into state institutions without delay ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Sunday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago   (314+ words) Iraq's Security Media Cell says F-16 fighter jets destroyed an ISIS hideout in Diyala province after military intelligence and aerial surveillance identified the location. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jets destroyed an ISIS hideout in Diyala province in a precision airstrike…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago   (156+ words) ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — President Masoud Barzani on Sunday welcomed a delegation of prominent figures, elders, and tribal leaders from several Iraqi provinces at his headquarters in the Pirmam district of Erbil. According to a statement from Barzani Headquarters, the delegation offered condolences…...

21+ hour, 37+ min ago   (231+ words) ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Iraq’s Ministry of Oil on Sunday signed an agreement with US energy giant Chevron to provide technical consultancy services to the state-run Basra Oil Company during negotiations on the development of the West Qurna-2 oilfield. The agreement was signed…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (386+ words) Iraq supplied 46,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the United States last week, up from 38,000 barrels the previous week, according to the US Energy Information Administration. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Iraq has climbed to 10th place among the largest suppliers of crude oil…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (773+ words) Hakan Fidan welcomed plans for YPG/SDF integration into Syrian state institutions but said the process must be implemented immediately on the ground. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Sunday welcomed what he described as a declaration by the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1583+ words) Nashville's Kurdistani community marks 50 years since the first major refugee arrivals, tracing a journey from exile to “Little Kurdistan” and three generations of life in America. NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Kurdistan24) - Fifty years after the first major group of Kurdistani refugees arrived in…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (302+ words) Türkiye’s foreign minister says steps taken in 2013 to address Kurdish language and identity recognition were delayed by developments and violence in Iraq, Syria and Türkiye. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Friday that the issue of recognizing the Kurdish…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (344+ words) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh Zaidi will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss energy, security, infrastructure, water and health, with several oil agreements also expected to be signed. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - The French presidency has outlined the main issues…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (346+ words) ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Friday marks the 65th anniversary of the September Revolution, a historic uprising led by the late Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani that became one of the longest and most significant armed national movements in the modern history of Kurdistan. The…...