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.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party, usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Government. It was founded in 1946 in Mahabad
KDP propaganda poster in Zakho, 2016