Oil exports from the Kurdistan Region to the Turkish port of Ceyhan will recommence following a new agreement reached between Erbil and Baghdad on Tuesday. The deal was unveiled during a joint press conference in Baghdad with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Iraqi Premier Mohammad Shia’ Al-Sudani. “This is a significant deal for…

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s Ministry of Finance and Economy has created a Drug and Psychotropic Substances Fund to offer treatment for substance abusers and monetary rewards to individuals who report drugs to local authorities. Safeen Muhammed Amin, the head of the High Committee to Combat Drugs, states that the KRG Ministry issued Instruction No.…

In the Sulaimani province of the Kurdistan Region, a mother strives for financial independence to support her children by selling Kurdish bread. Shokahn Nasradin, a married mother of four, operates a mobile kitchen out of her KIA truck, where she sells fried and baked flatbreads. With eight years of baking experience, Nasradin has been vending…

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s Board of Investment has released data showing that since 2006, over 1,110 projects, amounting to more than $67 billion, have been invested in the Kurdistan Region. Out of these, 45 projects were foreign investments from 16 different countries. Foreign investors in the Kurdistan Region have contributed more than $10 billion…

According to a statement from the Ministry of Interior, the Kurdistan Region reaffirms its enduring commitment to facilitating the voluntary and dignified return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) presently residing in refugee camps within the region. This statement comes as a response to comments made by the Iraqi Minister of Migration and Displaced, Ivan Faiek…