Iraqi Kurdistan
Videos
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of sout
The Barzani revolt, June 1932
Mustafa Barzani and Abd al-Karim Qasim
Graves of the Halabja chemical attack victims
Iraqi Kurds fleeing to Turkey in April 1991, during the Gulf War
Kurdistan Region
Videos
The Kurdistan Region is a semi-autonomous federal region of the Republic of Iraq. It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Du
Iraqi Kurdistan
…Syria (Western Kurdistan), and northwestern Iran (Eastern Kurdistan). Much of the geographical and cultural region of Iraqi Kurdistan is part of the Kurdistan Region (KRI), a semi-autonomous region recognized by the Constitution of Iraq. As with the rest of Kurdistan, and unlike most of Iraq, the region is mountainous…
Kurdish villagers working in a field
Exterior of the Kurdistan Parliament, Erbil
In official and diplomatic ceremonies, the region uses both the Flag of Kurdistan and the Flag of Iraq.
Peshmerga operate a tank in Erbil Governorate during the war against the Islamic State, 2016.