KRG declares independence from Iraq by December 31?

This market asks whether the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq will officially declare itself an independent country before the end of 2026. The Kurdish region (called the KRG) already has its own government, parliament, and military within Iraq, but it is still legally part of Iraq. A 'Yes' here means Kurdish leaders formally announce they are breaking away and forming a separate nation. A 'No' means that declaration never happens and things stay as they are.

For this to settle as 'Yes', a senior KRG official or ruling party would need to make a clear, public statement declaring an independent state and claiming authority over a specific piece of territory, all before December 31, 2026. Crucially, the announcement alone is enough, even if no other country recognizes the new state or the declaration falls apart afterward. The market uses credible news reporting as its source of truth. Without that declaration, it resolves 'No' automatically.

None of the provided recent headlines relate to this market, they concern a U.S. senator with no direct connection to the KRG or Iraqi Kurdish independence. There is no relevant recent news to point to here. The kind of development that would matter is any signal from KRG leadership about renewed independence ambitions, or major shifts in Iraq's political stability or regional dynamics involving Turkey, Iran, or the U.S.