Commemorating the Genocide of the Barzanis
Tomorrow marks the 38th anniversary of the genocide of the Barzanis, in which thousands of men and...
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History and Politics: The Erbil Citadel
The Erbil Citadel Constructed more than 6,000 years ago, the Erbil Citadel is one the longest sites to have been continuously inhabited in the world. The Citadel, locally called Qelat, is a tell – an artificially constructed mound – rising about the plain at 98 ft. (30m). It features a peculiar fan-line pattern which dates to the late Ottoman phase of the city. The famous continuous tall wall...
[read full article]US is not withdrawing from Iraq: KRG Envoy
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The United States is not completely withdrawing from Iraq, said a Kurdistan Regional...
[read full article]Dutch gov’t signs deal with KRG to support development in agricultural sector
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Regional Government and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a...
[read full article]Kurdistan Peshmerga forces receive roughly 70 vehicles from US-led Coalition
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) - The Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Peshmerga on Monday received some 70 vehicles through the US Department of Defense (DoD)-funded Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund (CTEF) program. Col. Jeffery Todd Burroughs, Deputy Director Military Advisor Group North, told Kurdistan 24 during the handover ceremony that the coalition was “divesting some vehicles and rolling stock in order to enhance the Peshmerga mobility, approximately four dozen Humvees,...
[read full article]Literature: Ahmad Khani, founder of Kurdish nationalism
Extract from Ahmad Khani's poem Mem and Zin, the national epic of Kurdistan. Ahmad Khani was a...
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