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A "joint committee" formed by the federal and regional governments will supervise the export process of oil from Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, an Iraqi federal government official said.
Seven Kurdish parties, which included the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), agreed on a four-constituency electoral system for the provinces of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
A Kurdish "militant" in Iran accused of carrying out a terrorist attack was executed.
An Islamic State leader was captured by US troops working with Syrian Kurdish-led forces over the weekend.
Zara Mohammadi, who has taught children the Kurdish language in Iran for over a decade, was detained in 2019 and imprisoned on national security charges.
PKK co-leader Cemil Bayik told the PKK-linked ANF news agency that "thousands of our people are under the rubble" and urged a focus on recovery work rather than waging war.
Iraq and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in the north of the country have sent humanitarian aid and rescue teams to Turkey and Syria following a devastating earthquake there.
In the first such case, a Kurdish lawyer and his legal team won a prestigious award given by the US department of state for supporting human rights in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Â
Rockets targeted a Turkish military base in northern Iraq, according to Kurdish officials.
Former Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who came into power in May 2020 promised to investigate the violence and hold those who opened fire at the protestors accountable.