Kurdistan

As Iraqi experts point to the probability that PKK was behind the attack killing diplomat

The country's best competitors hail from geo-cultural Kurdistan

A year after a failed bid for independence

A year after an ill-fated independence referendum that Baghdad deemed illegal

The town is the victim of a chemical weapon attack

Iraq considers the vote unconstitutional

Iran is one of the main exporters of fuel products to Kurdistan

Referendum intended to give Kurds a legitimate mandate to achieve independence from Iraq

Erdogan has threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq

Kurds have sought an independent state since at least the end of World War One

A splinter group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) had claimed the suicide attack in Ankara that left 28 people dead

While many celebrate the festival in their homes, many families are marking the new year in refugee camps