At the core of the rivalry stand maximalist positions taken by both sides that are hardly reconcilable with each other
detailsThe Kurds are one of Washington’s closest and most reliable allies in the Middle East
detailsElite Iraqi forces reportedly fly flags in center of disputed city, as Kurdish commanders accuse fleeing peshmerga of treason
detailsBashiqa has become the focus of a tug of war between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish region
detailsDriven from their villages to Mosul, then into refugee camps, hundreds lose hope of return
detailsThe costs will be large and exacting
detailsThe Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat
detailsIraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs AlJafari speaks during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly
detailsIn both cases most outsiders would prefer these votes were not happening at all
detailsPrime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraq will intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned vote leads to bloodshed
detailsMost Iraqi Kurds aspire to their own state, but No For Now campaigners see vote as political gamble to benefit presidency
detailsIraqi PM Haider al-Abadi calls evacuating the militants to region near Iraq alarming and unacceptable
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