Kurdish authorities in Iraq lift lockdown following protests - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jun 2, 2020

A farmer in Erbil Iraq speaks to NRT TV about ongoing protests aimed at lifting curfew restrictions, June 2, 2020. — TWITTER/NRT

Closed shops are seen during a curfew imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily - RC2QZG9QKZIO

Iraq returns to lockdown after surge in coronavirus cases

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Iraq's Kurdistan Region recording highest-ever daily COVID-19 cases

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Members of the Parliament of the Kurdistan region vote on the ministerial list of the Kurdistan Regional Government headed by Masrour Barzani in Erbil, Iraq July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1EA4570DE0

Kurdistan Region parliament in Iraq closes after COVID-19 cases

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Journalists are pictured in the newsroom of Nalia Radio and Television (NRT) in Sulaimaniyah city, in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq on August 22, 2020. - Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq are escalating their crackdown on media outlets covering anti-government protests, journalists and rights defenders told AFP, shattering the region's reputation as a liberal refuge. (Photo by Shwan MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by SHWAN MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Kurdish news outlet linked to opposition party remains closed in Iraq

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change