After Death Threats, Miss Iraq Visits Jerusalem, Calls for 'Less Blood, More Amity'

Sarah Idan, forced to flee Iraq with her family after taking selfies with Miss Israel, Adar Gandelsman, makes a joint appearance with her 'sister'.

US House approves $290M for Peshmerga in Pentagon budget

The US House of Representatives approved the Defense Department budget for Fiscal Year 2019 which includes $290 million in support for the Kurdish Peshmerga Forces.

MK pushes Israel to recognize Kurdistan as an independent state

Israel should back Kurdish statehood, MK Yoav Kisch proposed in a motion to the Knesset’s agenda this week, amid tensions with Turkey.

Why Iraq’s election matters

It is the fifth parliamentary vote since Saddam Hussein was swept from power by the 2003 US-led invasion and the first election since ISIS was routed last year.

UN confirms civilians displaced from Afrin are prevented from going home

The United Nations has confirmed reports that civilians displaced from Afrin during Turkey’s military operation against the Kurdish canton have been prevented from returning home.

Turkey slowly implementing demographic change in Afrin

There are already signs in Afrin that Turkey is upending the long-established Kurdish demographics of the region by resettling displaced Syrians from across the country in place of Kurds uprooted by Operation Olive Branch.