Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse) Fazel Hawramy is an independent journalist currently based in Iraqi Kurdistan. Twitter: @FazelHawramy Iraq | Mar 9, 2018 Police video of sex workers causes uproar in Iraqi Kurdistan A video circulated on Kurdish social media showing a police filming of a group of women and men apparently caught in a brothel in Erbil stirred controversy in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Iraqi-Kurdistan | Mar 7, 2018 Assassinations mount as Iranian Kurdish militants clash with Tehran Tension builds in northern Iraq as the conflict between Iranian-Kurdish militants and Tehran seems to escalate. Iraq | Feb 26, 2018 Kirkuk not as liberated from IS as claimed Because of the crisis between Erbil and Baghdad over Kurdish independence, increased attacks by the Islamic State in the Kirkuk province have gone generally unnoticed by the government. Iraq | Feb 12, 2018 Is the sun setting on KDP-PUK dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan? Poverty, widespread disillusionment and the emergence of new political players could spell the beginning of a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraq | Dec 20, 2017 Kurdistan quickly descending into chaos For a third day, thousands of angry protesters turned out in Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan and clashed with security forces as the KRG faces a governing crisis. Iraq | Oct 4, 2017 Kirkuk residents face uncertainty amid referendum crisis Kirkuk residents are fearful of the security and economic consequences of the Sept. 25 independence referendum as opposition to it persists. Iraq | Sep 22, 2017 Kirkuk teetering on brink of war The planned Kurdish referendum has divided the main ruling Kurdish party in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, raising tension in the city and threatening to undermine the delicate and fragile cohesion that exists in the multi-ethnic city. Iraq | Sep 21, 2017 Sectarianism in Iraq peaks ahead of Kurdistan referendum With the Kurdistan independence referendum just days away, politicians and the general public are fanning sectarian tension on both sides of the vote. Turkey | Sep 5, 2017 Developing PKK kidnapping story concerns KRG officials As new details paint a much more intricate picture of the Turkish spy incident in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)'s operations there threaten to complicate the job of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Iraq | Aug 29, 2017 Kurdish rivalry undermines peshmerga forces in Kirkuk The Islamic State is losing ground in Iraq and Syria, but south of Kirkuk, the militants are inflicting heavy casualties on peshmerga fighters, who blame needless losses on a lack of support. Pagination Show more Latest News Iran presidential helicopter in 'accident', search underway: state media Agence France-Presse | AFP | May 19, 2024 UN aid chief warns of 'apocalyptic' consequences of Gaza shortages by Callum PATON | AFP | May 19, 2024 'Can't leave': 10 years on, thousands forgotten in Syria desert camp by Aya Iskandarani | AFP | May 19, 2024 See more Podcasts Why did Kuwait, one of the most democratic countries in the Mideast, take a sharp autocratic turn & what comes next? The Gaza showdown between Biden and Netanyahu As Greek PM heads to Ankara to meet Erdogan, is this truly 'a new era' between Turkey & Greece? See more
Iraq | Mar 9, 2018 Police video of sex workers causes uproar in Iraqi Kurdistan A video circulated on Kurdish social media showing a police filming of a group of women and men apparently caught in a brothel in Erbil stirred controversy in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Iraqi-Kurdistan | Mar 7, 2018 Assassinations mount as Iranian Kurdish militants clash with Tehran Tension builds in northern Iraq as the conflict between Iranian-Kurdish militants and Tehran seems to escalate.
Iraq | Feb 26, 2018 Kirkuk not as liberated from IS as claimed Because of the crisis between Erbil and Baghdad over Kurdish independence, increased attacks by the Islamic State in the Kirkuk province have gone generally unnoticed by the government.
Iraq | Feb 12, 2018 Is the sun setting on KDP-PUK dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan? Poverty, widespread disillusionment and the emergence of new political players could spell the beginning of a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Iraq | Dec 20, 2017 Kurdistan quickly descending into chaos For a third day, thousands of angry protesters turned out in Sulaimaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan and clashed with security forces as the KRG faces a governing crisis.
Iraq | Oct 4, 2017 Kirkuk residents face uncertainty amid referendum crisis Kirkuk residents are fearful of the security and economic consequences of the Sept. 25 independence referendum as opposition to it persists.
Iraq | Sep 22, 2017 Kirkuk teetering on brink of war The planned Kurdish referendum has divided the main ruling Kurdish party in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, raising tension in the city and threatening to undermine the delicate and fragile cohesion that exists in the multi-ethnic city.
Iraq | Sep 21, 2017 Sectarianism in Iraq peaks ahead of Kurdistan referendum With the Kurdistan independence referendum just days away, politicians and the general public are fanning sectarian tension on both sides of the vote.
Turkey | Sep 5, 2017 Developing PKK kidnapping story concerns KRG officials As new details paint a much more intricate picture of the Turkish spy incident in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)'s operations there threaten to complicate the job of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Iraq | Aug 29, 2017 Kurdish rivalry undermines peshmerga forces in Kirkuk The Islamic State is losing ground in Iraq and Syria, but south of Kirkuk, the militants are inflicting heavy casualties on peshmerga fighters, who blame needless losses on a lack of support.
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