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.

Nytimes.com | Opinion By Amal Clooney and Lee Wolosky

ISIS was one of the most brutal terrorist organizations in modern history. At its peak, it exercised control of territory the size of Britain, recruited tens of thousands of fighters and carried out or inspired attacks in over two dozen countries. It relied on a network of financiers to realize such global ambitions. But most of that network’s members have yet to face justice, and most ISIS victims have yet to receive any compensation for their losses.

Kurdistanchronicle.com | INTERVIEWS

Nytimes.com | By Victoria Gomelsky

Leyla Uysal uses ethnic motifs and the colors of her Turkish homeland in her Bajer line.

Nytimes.com | Farnaz Fassihi

A year after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody ignited fierce anti-government protests, her family reminisces about the young woman they called Jina.

Rudaw.net | Karwan Faidhi Dri

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Beytocan, a legendary Kurdish singer, passed away in a Swedish hospital on Monday, after a long fight against jaw bone cancer. He had wished to spend his last days in the Kurdistan Region and see an independent Kurdish state but these dreams never came true.