The war between Israel and Hamas has devastated the Palestinian economy and left nearly all of Gaza's population in poverty, ...

With a voter turnout of 72 percent, this election was the first after an Iraqi court ruling reduced the Kurdistan Region's ...

The Kurdistan Democratic Party, one of the two major parties in the Iraq Kurdish region, has won the parliamentary elections, ...

The U.S. can help Iraq navigate its way to a prosperous future for Iraqi youth, but both countries will have to distance  themselves from  Jerusalem and Tehran ...

The primary competitors are the two dominant Kurdish parties: the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of ...

When CounterPunch went to press 30 years ago on paper printed with ink that smeared your fingers, Bill Gates was worth a mere ...

IRBIL, Iraq — Residents of Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region went to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary ...

Residents of Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region are going to the polls in long-awaited parliamentary elections under the shadow of ongoing rivalries, economic instability, and unresolved ...