Nytimes.com | By Ben Hubbard

A raft of local election victories by rivals of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s governing party could serve as a check on his power.

Hrw.org

Türkiye Bears Responsibility for Turkish and Proxy Forces’ Actions

Nytimes.com | By Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar

Ordinary Iranians, fed up with a faltering economy and the government’s oppressive rules and violent crackdowns on peaceful protests, heeded calls to stay home.

Nytimes.com | By Farnaz Fassihi, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes

Iran has made a concerted effort to rein in militias in Iraq and Syria after the United States retaliated with a series of airstrikes for the killing of three U.S. Army reservists this month.

Kurdistanchronicle.com - Omar Aziz - July 01, 2023

Kurdistanchronicle.com - Archbishop Bashar M. Warda - July 01, 2023 

A commentary on the status of Christians in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq must begin with a recognition that much of the historical Christian lands in northern Iraq continue to exist in a disputed status, the sovereignty of which remains undetermined between the central Iraqi Government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil. 

Kurdistan24.net

On Monday at least three ballistic missiles hit the private residence of a renowned Kurdish businessman Peshraw Dizayee in northern Erbil city during a family gathering, resulting in four casualties among his family.

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that Baghdad will pursue legal measures against Tehran, including filing a complaint to the United Nations’ Seucrity Council, following a deadly attack with ballistic missiles on Erbil province the night before.