Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Regional government condemned the “unjustified attacks” by Tehran on Friday calling on Baghdad and the international community to take actionable steps to bring about an end to escalations amid a surge of attacks on the Region. 

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The federal government sent only 42 percent of the Kurdistan Region's total budget allocation – around $38 billion – between 2019 and 2025, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) finance ministry said on Thursday, adding that some of the disbursements were classified as loans.

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Up to 20 percent of Iraq’s public funds have been lost to corruption, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official in Iraq told Rudaw on Monday, as the Baghdad government intensified a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown that has led to the arrest of tens of suspects, including senior officials and political figures, since Sunday.

Telegraph.co.uk | David Harris

Nytimes.com | Gonul Tol *

Nytimes.com | By Farnaz Fassihi

An imploding economy is causing hopelessness among both pro- and anti-government Iranians. And for those who wished for regime change, the letdown is palpable.

Rudaw.net | ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Six Kurdistan Region Peshmerga fighters were killed, and more than 20 others were wounded in missile strikes targeting a base in Erbil province early Tuesday, as pro-Iran armed groups continue to target the Region amid ongoing regional war.

Nytimes.com | Farnaz Fassihi 

The weeklong fight over Iran’s next leader pitted the Revolutionary Guards against moderates. The generals won, but only over spirited resistance.

The Kurdish Institute of Paris is pleased to invite you to

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The Kurds in Turmoil :

Rojava — Rojhelat

In the Face of Geopolitical Upheavals

organized by The Kurdish Institute of Paris 

Monday, March 2, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

at

Palais du Luxembourg - Salle Clemenceau
15, rue Vaugirard 75006 Paris