It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.In May, the PKK said it would lay down its arms and disband, but it is not clear when this process will begin and how ...

News about Kurdistan Democratic Party. Commentary and archival information about Kurdistan Democratic Party from The New York Times.

The KDP bloc demands urgent federal action to halt drone attacks on Kurdistan’s energy infrastructure, warning they threaten Iraq’s sovereignty and economy. They call for accountability, an emergency ...

Ever since the region effectively gained independence from Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in 1991, its government has been dominated by two political blocs: the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the ...

The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) said on Monday it would boycott a parliamentary election in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq scheduled to be held in June in protest over a ...

Statements by the Kurdistan Democratic Communities Union, an umbrella organisation of Kurdish left organisations, and the Kurdistan Free Life Party, based in Iranian/Eastern Kurdistan, also known ...

The region was supposed to hold the election by the end of 2022, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) were not able to reach an agreement about ...

The democratic autonomy movement in North Kurdistan is part of the wider movements for 'democratic confederalism' in Kurdistan. In the writing of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the ...

Despite the risks from security forces, thousands across Iraqi Kurdistan continue to protest widespread corruption and the fact that the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of ...

Click here for an Explainer on Kurdistan. Formed in 1945, the KDPI is the oldest Iranian Kurdish party, but most of its members are based in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region.

On Nov. 9, 1994, four Iranian warplanes, likely F-4 Phantom IIs, penetrated Iraqi Kurdistan’s airspace and bombed a camp belonging to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) in Koi Sanjaq ...

Massoud Barzani, leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party whose forces now control northern Kurdish region of Iraq, with help from Iraqi army, says he wants area to be castle of peace and democracy ...