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.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan flag was raised next to the Union Jack in a southern England city on Monday in celebration of Newroz, the second time such a ceremony has been celebrated by ...

12 August 2014 President of Kurdistan Region , Massoud Barzani issued on Monday, orders to Peshmarga Kurdish troops not to raise any flag other than the flag of Kurdistan in the fights fronts against ...

On the International Mother Language Day, Turkey is a country where its citizens have to fear for the safety of their lives when singing a song in their native language on the street. Young man Emrah ...

Busan Film Review: ‘A Flag Without a Country’ Bahman Ghobadi pays tribute to the resilience and creativity of the Kurdish people in this loose-limbed documentary.

Busan Film Review: ‘A Flag Without a Country’ Bahman Ghobadi pays tribute to the resilience and creativity of the Kurdish people in this loose-limbed documentary.

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 ...

As Anne Garrels reported on Monday, Kurdistan, in the northern part of Iraq, is very different from the rest of the country. It is noisy, as she reports this morning, with construction, not bombs ...

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.