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Rudaw is a media company based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan's capital. It currently publishes several newspapers including Rudaw weekly, Le Monde Diplomatique in Kurdish, and Rudaw Sports. WWW.RUDAW.NET is a multilingual news website focusing primarily on Kurds and Kurdistan. Rudaw English (www.rudaw.net/english) has fast become a leading source of news on Kurds with thousands of daily hits on its pages from all around the world. Rudaw puts its readers first by providing them with true information about what is happening in Kurdistan, Iraq, the region, and beyond. Its aim is not to tell people what to believe, but to allow them to make informed choices through access to unbiased information. Rudaw English, in partnership with other media outlets published by the Rudaw Media Company, has correspondents in most of the cities of Kurdistan, Iraq, and in many neighboring and Western countries. If you want to stay informed on developments regarding Kurds and the wider region, then Rudaw is for you. Rudaw is pleased to announce that it is ready to offer assistance to scholars and researchers who work on issues related to Kurds and Iraq. It also offers internships to qualified people from inside and outside Kurdistan. By interning with Rudaw, you will get the chance to witness from up close the reality of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq and get to interact with the local citizens and officials. For more information, please contact [email protected]

11/09/2026

Locals in the Kurdistan Region's Balakayati area northeast of Erbil gather the harvest of to***co leaves

🎥 Andam Jabar / Rudaw
📆 September 11, 2026

Syria has arrested nine pilots it said carried out "war crimes" against the Syrian people, as Damascus continues to make...
11/09/2026

Syria has arrested nine pilots it said carried out "war crimes" against the Syrian people, as Damascus continues to make headway in efforts to hold officers accountable for involvement in attacks carried out against civilian areas under the regime of toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/syria/1079237

10/09/2026

A neighborhood in Hawdiyan village in the Kurdistan Region’s northeast Soran district is now connected to solar energy including 38 homes, a church, a mosque, a school and a health center as part of the Rwanga Foundation’s ongoing renewable energy initiative.

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/kurdistan/1079228

Three members of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been detained by Iraqi intelligence forces in Prde (Altun Kupri), nor...
10/09/2026

Three members of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces have been detained by Iraqi intelligence forces in Prde (Altun Kupri), north of Kirkuk, over their alleged involvement in the recent killing of a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) member, a source told Rudaw on Thursday.

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079231

The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga minister on Thursday announced the completion of the process to unify all Peshmerga for...
10/09/2026

The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga minister on Thursday announced the completion of the process to unify all Peshmerga forces, including those formerly affiliated with the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/kurdistan/1079230

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has demanded that its share of Iraq’s 2027 federal budget reflect the results of...
10/09/2026

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has demanded that its share of Iraq’s 2027 federal budget reflect the results of the 2025 census, a well-placed source at the regional finance ministry told Rudaw English on Thursday, as talks with Baghdad resume.

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/economic/1079229

10/09/2026

For her and many Kurdish children, learning in their mother tongue is a right.

A young Kurdish girl delivers a statement demanding her right to study in her mother tongue.

Her message comes after Syria’s Education Ministry issued a decree on August 27 ending Kurdish-medium education in Kurdish-majority areas in northeastern Syria (Rojava). Under the decree, Kurdish will be taught as an elective course for only three hours a week.

The decision has sparked anger and discontent across Rojava, where Kurdish has been the primary language of instruction since 2012.

Iraq is planning to increase oil exports via Syria and Turkey to one million barrels per day, Baghdad’s oil minister sai...
10/09/2026

Iraq is planning to increase oil exports via Syria and Turkey to one million barrels per day, Baghdad’s oil minister said, days after he noted that the Iraqi government is pushing to bolster total daily exports to five million barrels per day.

READ MORE: rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1079227

10/09/2026

Kurdish students gathered outside the Directorate of Education in Hasaka in northeastern Syria (Rojava), singing the Kurdish anthem “Ey Reqib” as they called for the right to receive education in their mother tongue.

The protest follows Syria’s August 27 decree from the ministry of education, which ended full Kurdish-medium education in Kurdish-majority areas, limiting Kurdish-language classes to three hours a week.

09/09/2026

Ibrahim Dogus, a British politician, businessman and activist of Kurdish descent, presented an Amedspor jersey - a Kurdish soccer team based in Diyarbakir (Amed) in the Turkish superleague - to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, at a reception hosting high-ranking representatives from 150 companies, including more than 50 Members of Parliament, ministers, and mayors.

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