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Parliament committees, Minister Shoresh Ismail and senior KRG officials discuss Peshmerga forces as ISIS attacks increase

To discuss the Peshmerga forces and the recent attacks by ISIS terrorists on Peshmerga positions, on 7 December 2021 Kurdistan Parliament’s Peshmerga Committee and the Committee on Kurdistani Areas outside the KRG Administrative Area met with KRG Minister for Peshmerga Shoresh Ismail and other KRG officials.

Order of Business of sitting of 8 December 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 8th December 2021 at 11am, the 11th ordinary sitting of the autumn session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Order of Business for sitting of 7 December 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 12 noon, the 10th ordinary sitting of the autumn session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and MPs pay last respects at funeral of three brothers killed by ISIS in Khidrjija

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemn Hawrami and MPs on 3 December 2021 attended the funeral of three brothers killed in an ISIS terrorist attack on Khidirjija village. The three brothers were killed along with several Peshmerga soldiers in the attack in the Qarachogh area.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq's statement on International Day of Persons with Disabilities

It is the Kurdistan Regional Government’s duty to conduct a general review of the allowance for persons with disabilities and to provide them with the appropriate health insurance and their equipment and medical needs, particularly as today there is a call for creating health insurance for all.

Parliament Presidency’s statement on ISIS attack on Khidirija village in Qarachogh

We are very saddened to learn that a number of civilians and Peshmerga soldiers have been killed and several injured in a terrorist attack by ISIS on the village of Khidirija, in the foothills of Qarachogh mountain...We must never become complacent about the need to fill the security gaps and the need to eliminate ISIS.

Parliament passes Law on Private Security Companies, committees present findings and recommendations on students’ demands and demonstrations

The Kurdistan Parliament on 1 December 2021 passed the Law on Private Security Companies. MPs also approved the findings and recommendations of the Higher Education and Interior committees on the recent student demonstrations and their demands.

Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq at conference on gender equality: New bill on combating violence against women will close loopholes

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 28 November 2011 addressed a major conference on Gender Equality and Strategy for Strengthening Women's Position in the Kurdistan Region, organized by the University of Kurdistan-Hawler and universities of Salahaddin, Slemani and Duhok.

Committees' recent meetings - 30 November 2021

Committees looked into the plight of Kurdistan Region migrants in Belarus, met with KRG Minister Sasan Awni to look into problems with municipal services, scrutinized investment projects and worked on several bills. 

Order of Business for Sitting of 1 December 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 1st December 2021 at 11am, the ninth ordinary sitting of the autumn session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows: