Kurdistan Region
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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
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.
Iraqi Kurdistan
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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
Kurdistan Region
…It is located in northern Iraq, which shares borders with Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the west. It does not govern all of Iraqi Kurdistan and lays claim to the disputed territories of northern Iraq; these territories have a predominantly non-Arab population and were subject to the Ba'athist…
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