Residents block major road in Erbil, protesting about the dirt roads in their neighborhood
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Tuesday (September 21) it recorded 3,081 coronavirus infections and 42 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The body of a member of the Asayish was found on Tuesday (September 21) in a public park on the Erbil-Duhok road in Dara Shakran district near Gopan Bridge.
The day that a new flour mill opened near Sulaimani city, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Agriculture Begard Talabani claimed that contaminated flour had been imported into the Kurdistan Region and that the Council of Ministers has established a task force to investigate, but offered few concrete details.
Residents in Erbil city blocked the Koya road on Tuesday (September 21) to protest the poor quality of local streets and other public services in the Topzawa neighborhood.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was low on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Tuesday (September 21).
Crude oil prices were stable on Tuesday (September 21) compared with the previous day.
An Iraqi soldier was killed after security forces raided and clashed with a drug dealer in Baghdad’s al-Rashad area on Monday (September 20), according to a security source.
Zahko district in northwestern Duhok governorate officially became the Kurdistan Region’s fourth independent administration on Monday (September 20).
The Directorate of Erbil Women and Children Reform Prison said on Monday (September 20) that visitation for those in custody at the prison will resume on Wednesday.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Monday (September 20) it officially recorded 1,285 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
Iran continued its escalation against Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region by striking four bases near the border, an Iranian commander said on Monday (September 20).
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Monday (September 20) it recorded 3,192 coronavirus infections and 47 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was low on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Monday (September 20).
Imprisoned journalist Ayaz Karam told NRT on Sunday (September 19) that he has been on hunger strike since September 6 and said that he will not break it until his case is reviewed by an independent court or the government issues an amnesty.
Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday (September 19) that an Iraqi migrant woman died while trying to cross from Belarus into Poland.
Crude oil prices were down on Monday (September 20) compared with the previous day.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Integrity Commission said on Sunday (September 19) that between 600 and 700 corruption cases are being investigated and hundreds of others are being processed through the courts, according to a semi-annual report sent to the KRG Council of Ministers.
Turned red by mineral concentrations and pollution, concerns are growing that the water in the reservoir formed by Bawashaswar Dam in Kifri is no longer potable as the area struggles with drought conditions.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Sunday (September 19) it officially recorded 1,253 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday (September 19) it recorded 2,515 coronavirus infections and 47 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The Committee of Rights and Freedoms in Kurdistan and Europe said on Saturday (September 18) that the ongoing hunger strike by detainees arrested last year in Duhok and Erbil governorates has reached a “dangerous phase.”
Sulaimani Governor Haval Abubakir said on Sunday (September 19) that Iraq’s Ministry of Oil is sending 1.8 million liters (475,500 gallons) of subsidized gasoline per day to the Kurdistan Region, but that the shipments only meet a portion of the Region’s needs.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was stable on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Sunday (September 19).
Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid al-Hamdani said on Saturday (September 18) that Turkey will implement a pre-existing memorandum of understanding that will allow Iraq to receive an increased share of water resources from its upstream neighbor.
Head of the European Union’s Election Observation Mission Viola von Cramon said on Saturday (September 18) that it is important for Iraqis to take part in the early parliamentary elections set for October 10.
Crude oil prices were stable on Sunday (September 19) compared with the previous day.
Raprin Police Directorate said that a man accused of killing a woman and injuring two other people in July surrendered to police on Saturday (September 18) in Sangasar district.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Saturday (September 18) it officially recorded 634 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday (September 18) it recorded 1,959 coronavirus infections and 36 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The Sulaimani Asayish announced on Saturday (September 18) that the security forces arrested a suspected assassin of a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who was killed in Sulaimani city on Friday.
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