Kurdish opposition groups have denounced widespread irregularities during the elections on Saturday, but the electoral commission of Iraq said that the voting took place under normal conditions. 78.5 percent of Iraq’s Kurds participated in the presidential elections and renewal of the parliament.
It is estimated that the results of the parliamentary and presidential elections in the [...]

As attested by Article 113 of the Iraqi Constitution, Iraqi Kurdistan is the only region which has gained official recognition internationally as an autonomous federal entity. The governorates of Duhok , Erbil and Suleimaniya form the current Kurdistan Region. The population comes up to 3.3 million over an area of 80,000 square kilometers, and composed [...]