The message is clear: if traditional power structures refuse to listen, the people will speak through their wallets. And in an age where financial survival hinges on public trust, no company can afford to turn a deaf ear.

Iraqi Kurdistan is now experiencing a wider economic downturn, as the region’s limited private sector is also being affected by the salary crisis.

This and other events reflect growing discontent among ordinary citizens over elites who appear increasingly out of touch with their needs and concerns.

The country is in the grip of corrupt and self-serving elites. We need a new constitution to break their grip.

The only way for Iraq to have a chance at prosperity and peace is by addressing its flawed foundations which were heavily influenced by the occupiers.

The suicide of an 18-year-old clarinetist reveals how mental illness is destroying Iraq’s population – most importantly, the younger generation that is its future.

Kurdistan has been in a crisis for a long time and the elections may be the last opportunity for diplomatic changes that address the demands of the Kurdish Region’s populace.

Saddled with a repressive government that cuts their wages in the name of austerity, Iraq's Kurds are demanding something better.

A decade and a half after it was invaded in the name of spreading democracy, Iraq turns out to have been set up to fail.