For over fifteen years, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been reeling under the pressure of manufactured crises orchestrated and managed by its successive governments. These range from the chronic salary crisis to shortages of water, electricity, diesel, gas, and petrol—along with a multitude of other crises that have driven the region’s people to rock bottom with no solution in sight.

On July 31, 2026, an informal consultative meeting of the heads of state of Central Asia and Azerbaijan was held at Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. During the event, the presidents signed the Cholpon-Ata Declaration...

The grim scene unfolding near the Tarajal crossing in Ceuta on the morning of Thursday, July 30, 2026, was not merely another migration attempt—as had frequently occurred in the past regarding that occupied city...

Al-Rayah Newspaper: Issue 611 in English