Alaya Rengin, or “The Colorful Flag” with a sun shining into bands of red, white and green was first used by Kurds in Turkey by the Republic of Ararat, led by the Xoybuns in their 1920s rebellion.

Alaya Rengin, or “The Colorful Flag” with a sun shining into bands of red, white and green was first used by Kurds in Turkey by the Republic of Ararat, led by the Xoybuns in their 1920s rebellion.

The leader of Iraq's Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, ordered the country’s national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish one. Barzani's action has made government leaders fear the Kurds are ...

The flag of northern Iraq's Kurdish region is red, white and green with a golden sun in the center. Some information for this report was provided by Reuters. Related ...

Kurds to fly own flag in Kurdistan. Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq, has ordered the Iraqi national flag to be replaced with the Kurdish flag in ...

The flag issue has taken on greater importance in Iraq since Sept. 1. That's when Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's Kurdish region, banned the flying of the Iraqi flag at government buildings.

A Kurdish man holds an Israeli and Kurdish flag during a rally to show their support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 16, 2017. (photo credit ...

Saddam Hussein's trial in Baghdad was disrupted when a witness wore a lapel pin with the image of the Kurdish flag instead of Iraq's banner. The flag issue has taken on greater importance in Iraq ...