Kurdistan

Syrian government announce integration deal with Kurdish forces

The sides announced the deal after Syrian government forces under President Ahmed al-Sharaa captured swathes of northern and eastern Syria from the SDF this month.

|ByREUTERS
Members of the Syrian security forces gather at a back of a vehicle outside al-Aqtan prison, where some Islamic State detainees are held, in Raqqa, Syria January 23, 2026.
Starlink logo is seen on a smartphone in front of displayed Persian flag (Illustrative).

A life and death market: Starlink smuggling to Iran surges

“Holders will be dealt with firmly,” said Iranian Brigadier-General Hossein Rahimi, head of the Economic Security Police.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A member of the Syrian army walks with a weapon in the street as civilians flee following renewed clashes between the Syrian army and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Aleppo, Syria, January 7, 2026

‘There will be hell in Syria’: Kurdish campaigner urges international intervention

Rebwar Hazhar, the chairman of Conservative Friends of Kurdistan, told The Jerusalem Post that Washington’s relationship with Damascus would only be temporary.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Kurdish internal security forces stand guard after seizing a quantity of captagon pills in Qamishli, Syria, March 25, 2025.

Follow the flow: Inside Iranian narco-trafficking in Iraqi Kurdistan - explainer

In recent years, the Sulaymaniyah governorate in eastern Iraqi Kurdistan has become a hub for Iranian narco trafficking.

|ByOBSIDIAN RESEARCH BUREAU

Kurdistan can be Israel's ambassador to the Muslim world - municipal candidate

AT THE TABLE with Yehuda Ben-Yosef, an Israeli-Kurd community leader and municipal election candidate who wants Kurdistan to be Israel's next Azerbaijan.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN, ERICA SCHACHNE
In conversation with city councilman Yehuda Ben-Yosef: ‘Jerusalem Post’ Deputy CEO of Strategy and Innovation Maayan Hoffman (L) and ‘In Jerusalem’ Editor Erica Schachne.

Iranian media falsely claims to have ‘injured’ Israeli in Iraq attacks

Iranian media uses antisemitic tropes of an image of a rabbi to claim that a Kurdish businessman was linked to ‘Mossad.’

JANUARY 21, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

Iran’s attacks on Kurdistan region and Pakistan escalate Tehran’s threats

The overall message of Iran is that it will continue to carry out attacks where it pleases.

JANUARY 17, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A NEW hypersonic ballistic missile called Fattah – with a 1,400 km. range, unveiled by Iran – is seen in Tehran, June 6.

IRGC attack US consulate in Iraq as tensions between the US and Iran escalate

Several civilians are believed to have died in the attack, with Kurdish regional government officials announcing the death of a prominent businessman and four of his family members.

JANUARY 15, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
Funeral of members of Iran's IRGC who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Syria, in Tehran

Drone attack and Iran threats in Kurdish region of Iraq

Arbid is a small airport used for helicopters and is located 50 km (30 miles) to the east of the city of Sulaimaniya in the northeast of the country.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A plane is seen at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017.

Kurds face unprecedented crisis in face-off with Iran, Iraq - analysis

Many of Iraqi Kurdistan's neighbors are jealous of its success and are chomping at the bit to undermine it.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
President of the Kurdistan region in Iraq Nechirvan Barzani attends a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (not pictured), in Erbil, Iraq March 7, 2023.

Iran and Turkey look to new regional strategy - analysis

While Iran and Turkey may not always see things the same way, they increasingly share interests.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in Tehran, Iran September 3, 2023.

Clashes in Iraq's Kirkuk kill three protesters; more than a dozen injured

Kurdish forces controlled the city after driving Islamic State out in 2014 but were ejected by the Iraqi army in 2017.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023ByREUTERS
Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, October 17, 2017

Rockets target giant Khor Mor gas field in Iraq, no damage reported

Several rockets landed near the perimeter of the large Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniya region of northern Iraq.

AUGUST 30, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A security member walks as flames and smoke rising from oil wells are seen in the distance at the Bai Hassan oilfield, which was attacked by militants, close to the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraq, May 5, 2021.

Iran: Kurdish militants in Iraq agreed to 'disarm and relocate'

Iran has long accused Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region of harboring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic.

AUGUST 28, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take part in an intensive security deployment after Islamic State militants took it over the previous day in Luhaiban village in Kirkuk, Iraq December 6,2021.