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For the first time since late April, the Islamic State claims an attack in Iraq. Detonating an IED on an Iraqi army patrol in a "rafidhi crowd" in the village of Matjaat in the Hadhr region, which allegedly led to the injury of 7 members of the Iraqi army

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has officially confirmed the deaths of two of its senior commanders, years after they were killed in Turkish airstrikes

Secretary of Iran's National Security Council: A security agreement with Iraq is under preparation.

Two people were shot dead and another wounded in Halabja province early Tuesday, authorities said. Police is investigating the incident

Iraqi Interior Ministry: An international drug network was arrested in Syria in the first security coordination since the fall of the Assad regime.

Iraqi Kurdistan's Counter-Terrorism Service: An explosive-laden drone crashed west of Erbil Governorate, causing no casualties.

Iraqi Ministry of Defense: There is no truth to allegations of infiltration or smuggling across Iraq's borders with neighboring countries.

In protest against the change of Baghdad's agriculture director, gunmen attack a Ministry of Agriculture building in Karkh, Iraq.

Hundreds of Iraqis staged a protest on Friday in the central province of Babil , demanding urgent government intervention to address worsening water shortages

KRG Council of Ministers affirms the Kurdistan Region has met all its commitments and demands the federal government in Baghdad send salaries and financial entitlements to the people of Kurdistan "as soon as possible."

Turkey said it will end an agreement that allows the export of oil from Iraqi Kurdistan through its territory in July next year, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette. Turkey is unhappy with the underutilization of the pipeline under the current deal and sees greater potential benefit for itself and Iraq from a new arrangement, according to a senior Turkish official with direct knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter

PJAK has confirmed in an official statement that Iran carried out yesterday's strike in Penjwen, targeting two of its fighters. The statement also noted that a kamikaze suicide drone was used in the attack.

Iraq's Finance Minister Taif Sami has not released the Kurdistan Region's May salaries as expected, tying the payment to the KRG's full implementation of the recent deal, including handing over non-oil revenues and restarting oil exports, a source from Ministry of Finance

UK condemns drone attacks targeting Kurdistan Region’s oil sector, calls on Baghdad to prevent further attacks

Statement issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Turkey, the Republic of Iraq, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, the Lebanese Republic, and the Arab Republic of Egypt regarding developments in Syria: Support for Syria's security, unity, stability, and sovereignty, and rejection of all foreign interference in its affairs. Welcoming the agreement reached to end the crisis in As-Suwayda Governorate

The Iraqi Federal Council of Ministers, in an extraordinary session today, approved the draft agreement between Erbil and Baghdad, which aims to resolve the disputes between the two governments and allow for the disbursement of salaries to the Kurdistan Region’s civil servants

Drone Attack Targets Tawke Oilfield in Iraq's Kurdistan

A suspected drone attack targets an oil field in Duhok province’s Shekhan district - Rudaw reporter

Another drone has targeted a US operated oil field in Shekhan, southeast of Duhok

Iraqi PM orders immediate probe into "criminal acts" targeting two oil fields in Kurdistan Region, calling them a "direct threat" to national interests and an "assault" on stability - Statement

Autonomous Region of Kurdistan - Hawler (Erbil): 2 explosions caused by drones reported at the Khormala gas field which belongs to the Khormala power plant

Iraq’s Interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran

Yesterday, a 42-year-old resident was killed during the protest over electricity on Monday night near the Hamilton road in the Warte sub-district of Rawanduz in the Kurdistan Region - Rudaw

PKK militants burn their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in Iraq’s Suleymaniyah, vowing to complete the disarmament process as agreed with Turkey

Statement of the "Peace and Democratic Society Group" that laid down its weapons today in Sulaymaniyah Governorate: nn We came here today based on the call made by our leader Abdullah Öcalan. As an expression of our goodwill and firm resolve, we are destroying our weapons of our own free will, and in the presence of all of you, We are fully hopeful that this step of ours will bring goodness, peace, and freedom to our people and to all the peoples of Turkey and the Middle East. We are aware and feel the validity, necessity, and importance of this historic step that we are taking.

PKK announces voluntary disarmament. In a historic shift, the Party says; it will lay down arms and pursue its struggle through legal and democratic means

Civil Defense controls a fire that broke out in the bales market in the city of Kadhimiya.

An investigative committee sent by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani arrived Monday in Kirkuk’s Prde (Altun Kupri) subdistrict to probe recent protests led by supporters of the Iraqi Turkmen Front over a Kurdish administrative appointment

Barzani accuses Baghdad of treating the Kurdistan Region in an "unconstitutional, unfair, and discriminatory" manner.

Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister: The dispute with Baghdad is purely political, not technical or administrative.