Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic importance of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region’s reconstruction minister on Tuesday criticised the federal government for excluding the Kurdish region in the strategic Development Road between Baghdad and Ankara.

Four people were killed on Monday in an air strike blamed on Turkey in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish sources said. Turkey often carries out ground and air operations in northern Iraq against positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party ( PKK ), which has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Tuesday outlined Iraq’s plans to enhance its energy sector, boost economic development, and strengthen regional connectivity at the Iraq Development Platform conference in Baghdad.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan urged for a unified effort to combat Islamic State and Kurdish militants after his Baghdad talks. Turkey, branding the YPG and PKK as terrorists, seeks regional support and new cooperation strategies.

The Iraqi Prime Minister confirmed that Iraq is advancing its electricity interconnection with the Gulf States and Turkey, reaching the EU.

Turkey vowed on Saturday to work closely with Iraq to secure their common frontier after two Iraqi border guards were killed in a shooting blamed on outlawed PKK militants.

Water buffalo gently glide through shallow water canals that snake throughout Iraq’s southern Mesopotamian Marshes, their black skin glistening under the country’s relentless summer heat. Dried and cracked earth expands into the distance,

Gulf Keystone continues to engage with Iraq to resume oil exports to international markets but reiterates warning of related payment and contract challenges

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, a monumental geological event is unfolding. Scientists from the University of Göttingen have discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate, once the ocean floor between the Arabian and Eurasian continents,

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient seabed that lay between them – called the Neotethys oceanic plate – has been forced deeper into the Earth. When the plates finally collided, their edges crumpled and rose, forming the Zagros Mountains.