The political situation in the Kurdistan region.

After the Second Gulf War, almost 90% of Saddam's Iraqi army was destroyed. In 1991 the Kurdish people and its political-rebellion parties - which had been fighting in the Kurdistan mountains until that time - rose up against Saddam's regime, and they could free most of the Kurdistan territories in less than a month.

What happened after that is a long story: parliament elections, declaring federalism and going into civil war for almost 4 years, etc... But we were used to call this new Kurdish federal government an example of democracy or, at least, a government with democratic goals to reach.

Now, after 24 years of autonomy we are facing the most serious challenge in our way [to democracy]: the Kurdish term of presidency is legally finished but Kurdistan president Masud Barzani doesn't want to step down [I would say "to leave", because he doesn't have to step down as his term is over] and he is seriously demanding that his term be extended for 2 other years, under the excuse of fighting terrorism [this excuse is used worldwide to justify the worst actions].  His term legally finished in August 19, but he still calls himself "the president" [there's a guy in Italy doing the same thing], and, on the other hand, opposition parties are calling him to step down and give his authority to the parliament until the next election.

Political and social instability dominates all over [the] society, people are very worried about everything, the threat of another civil war is not so far. A lot of young people are leaving the country everyday, seeking a better life in Europe, and worst of all there is no hope for the problem to be solved soon.

I hope that Kurdistan will soon find a peaceful solution.