The Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan heads the Kurdistan Regional Government, the government of Iraq's Kurdistan Autonomous Region.

Why not in Iraqi Kurdistan?

Widespread economic activity between Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey has given the opportunity for Turks to seek jobs in Iraqi Kurdistan.

After 1996, 13 of the Iraqi oil sales were allocated for Iraqi Kurdistan and this led to a relative prosperity in the region.

Religion Iraqi Kurdistan has a diverse religious population.

There are at least 2 military airfields in Iraqi Kurdistan.

(By contrast, reconstruction in Iraqi Kurdistan is occurring at breakneck speed.)

The grand vision is to integrate Iraqi Kurdistan into the Turkish economy.

After withdrawing its forces from Kurdistan in October 1991, the Iraqi government imposed an economic blockade over the region, restricting its oil and food supplies.

Iraqi Kurdistan has opened its doors to the international world by opening two international airports.

By land, Iraqi Kurdistan can be reached most easily by Turkey through the Habur Border Gate which is the only border gate between Kurdistan and Turkey.

1992 2005 After the Iraqi Kurdistan legislative election, 1992 resulted in the two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan winning 50 out of 100 seats they decided to move on without President.

The first international school, the International School of Choueifat opened its branch in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2006.

Moreover, the chances that Iraqi Kurdistan will achieve de facto or de jure independence are greater than ever.

The United Iraq Alliance has 28 members, the Kurdistan Alliance 15 members and the Iraqi List 8 members.

The Turkish military, however, oppose a high level dialogue with Iraqi Kurds on the grounds that the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK), headed by Massoud Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, support the PKK materially and politically.

These are pipeline routes, which emerge from Kurdistan, which is an oil rich region.

Kurdistan

Born in al Qamishli, in 1974, Kamiran Shemdin published his cartoons in Aljazeera website and Ge P magazine in Iraqi Kurdistan.

I would like to convey the greetings of the people of Iraqi Kurdistan, which is part of Iraq, to the Assembly.

And today, if you go to Kurdistan, you'll see that Kurdish Peshmerga guerillas are squaring off against the Sunni Iraqi army.

Erbil International Airport , is the main airport of Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Security forces recently intercepted suicide bombers entering Iraqi Kurdistan from Iran, with, Kurdish leaders believe, the support and training of Iranian intelligence.

Duhok International Airport is an international airport under construction in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in northern Iraq.

Iraqi Kurdistan has two border gates with Iran, the Haji Omaran border gate and the Bashmeg border gate near the city of Sulaymaniyah.

I was in a village in the Kurdistan region in the Garmian area for a project concerning irrigation.

The Constitution Drafting Committee is chaired by Sheikh Humaam Al Hammoudi of the United Iraqi Alliance. Fouad Ma'suum of the Kurdistan Alliance List and Adnan Janabi of the Iraqi List serve as deputy chairs.

There is no Iraqi military build up in the region.

The non governmental organization Mine Advisory Group is implementing mine awareness education programmes, funded by UNICEF, and limited mine clearance projects in Iraqi Kurdistan.

As a result Iraqi government extended its control over the northern region after 15 years and in order to secure its influence, started an Arabization program by moving Arabs to the vicinity of oil fields in Kurdistan, particularly those around Kirkuk.

A Referendum For Kurdistan?

The reason is Kurdistan.

Iraqi intentions still threaten the peace and security of the region.

Most of the time, it's because of a dust storm episode happening in Baghdad, Basrah, or the Kurdistan Region airport.

Iraqi army units continue to assume security responsibility in the western region.

Now remember Kurdistan is landlocked.

After applying a reform in the Kurdistan Region in 2010, the structure of the UoD has changed to a Faculty System.

UNHCR also included in its activities other institutions, such as the Iraqi Property Claims Commission and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as well as NGOs and other partners.

Yazidis are an Iraqi ethno religious minority, who fled their homes in the ancient town Sinjar close to Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan and the Iraq Syria border, after militants from the Islamic State (IS also known as ISIS) defeated Kurdish forces there on Sunday.

Salih Al Yousify (January, 1918 25 June 1981) was a Kurdish Iraqi politician, former minister, and one of the most active members in the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraq.

The Kurdistan Communist Party Iraq (, ) is a Kurdish political party, formed in 1993 when the Iraqi Communist Party branch in the Kurdish areas was formed into a separate party.

It committed crimes of genocide against the Iraqi people in Kurdistan, in areas such as Halabja, and in the south during the popular uprising. It launched wars against its neighbours.

Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party is a political party in Iraq that currently has two seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly.

The experience of Iraqi Kurdistan shows truly that human development cannot continue to make progress or achieve the desired results in a society in which injustice and human rights violations prevail.

In addition, he met regularly with an informal commission of Kurds from Kurdistan which was created to work with the United Iraqi Alliance Committee of Seven to work through contentious issues.