The Erbil Schools Activities Department organized ‘The Kurdistan Flag, the Umbrella of Co-Existence’ festival, where many entertaining activities are being held on Flag Day.

The leader of Iraq's Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, ordered the country’s national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one. Barzani's action has made government leaders fear the Kurds are ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Government and political leaders have praised the Kurdish flag as a " symbol of centuries-long Kurdish struggle for freedom" as part of Kurdistan Flag Day. "This flag is ...

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) held a "successful" meeting this week with a view to disarming and disbanding, a Kurdish news agency close to the armed movement said on Friday.

Iraqi Kurdistan is an oil-rich province that encompasses one-third of the country and has emerged as the most secure area in an otherwise chaotic state. What is the vote about?

Thirty PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at a ceremony in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, two months after the Kurdish rebels ...

President Barzani earlier welcomed the decision to raise the Kurdistan flag in Kirkuk, calling it "normal and legal". While Kosrat Rasul, the PUK deputy-secretary-general not only hailed flying the ...

Clashes between Syrian Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed Syrian militias could be one of the biggest potential problems in Syria as the country grapples with life after dictator Bashar Assad.

The war on ISIS has emboldened Iraq's Kurds to take a provocative step — raising their flag above the disputed, multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk. The flag raising has caused ripples around the region.

And as the black flags of ISIS stake claim to neighboring towns, the sun-crested Kurdish flag still flies above the secured streets of Kurdistan.

The leader of the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq threatened secession Sunday as a dispute over flying the Iraqi flag intensified.

The flag issue has taken on greater importance in Iraq since Sept. 1. That's when Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's Kurdish region, banned the flying of the Iraqi flag at government buildings.