It is possible that new US President Joe Biden will interact with Turkey and the Syrian Kurds and he would likely will ask Turkey to negotiate with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as the Syrian Kurdish-Arab forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)," Anthony Avice Du Buisson told KurdPress in an interview.

Spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Jotiar Adil said on Wednesday, December 23, that the KRG cannot pay salaries to the Kurdistan Region’s public sector employees for the last two months in 2020 if the federal government does not send the Region’s funds.

Kurdistan's Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, called on Wednesday, the United Nations to participate as a third party in the Erbil - Baghdad discussions.

The representative of the Kurdistan Islamic Party in the Iraqi parliament stressed that no agreement has been reached between Erbil and Baghdad yet, and that the Kurdish parliament will not approve the budget bill as submitted by the government.

Turkish artillery once again attacked residential areas in Amedi, Dohuk province of the Kurdistan Region.

Following repeated violations against journalists by the government and the ruling parties of the Kurdistan Region, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday, December 22, indicated concern about the severe decline in press freedom in the region.

The president general of the Kurdistan Islamic Party (PIK) said: "(Turkey President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan's invitation to the Iraqi prime minister to visit Turkey is to put pressure on the Kurds and make the Kurds more economically and politically dependent on Ankara and Baghdad."

The Pax Peace Institute in the Netherlands stated in a report that the inability of the government of the Kurdistan Region was the main reason behind the recent demonstrations in the region's second biggest province of Sulaimani.

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani’s deputy chief of staff outlined why the Kurdish region's government wants US forces stationed in and around the Fish Khabur border crossing.

Turkish military warplanes have bombed eight villages in the Kurdistan Region on Saturday morning, December 19.

Citing efforts by various groups to maintain control on Shingal, Jamestown Institute said that it is difficult to fully implement the agreement over the Iraqi central government controlling the Shingal region.

The Iraqi Minister of Finance announced that Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region, and Baghdad have agreed on 2021 budget law.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had talked with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein about the opening of Ovakoy border between the two countries. But he stressed that the move would be made without "taking Erbil or Baghdad by surprise".

The Kurdistan Region Minister of Peshmerga announced that the regional government has informed the international coalition against ISIS about the attacks of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The command center of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued a statement denying the reports of Peoples' Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the SDF, forces have attacked Peshmerga positions.