Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Kirkuk's Kurdish-led council recently rejected calls from Baghdad to lower Kurdish flags Top government officials and political parties in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region have agreed to hold a ...

His coffin was draped with the Kurdish flag, prompting one private Iraqi TV station to cut its coverage in protest. Thousands of mourners crowded the streets as the coffin was taken from the ...