Sunni to Relinquish Parliamentary Speaker in exchange for Presidency

A political source in Iraq confirmed Sunni’s pursuit to obtain the country’s president position.

Foreign ministry summons Turkish and Iranian ambassadors and submits letters of protest

The ministry of foreign affairs in Baghdad protested on the heavy bombing launched by Turkey and Iran targeting zones of northern Iraq where members of the ...

Syria: Winners and Losers

In the week since Turkey launched its forces invading Syria in order to establish a buffer or (safe zone), a lot has happened...

Russia Will Not Allow Turkey to Attack Syria, Sends in Troops to Front Lines

Russia has warned it would prevent Turkey from attacking Syrian troops after the U.S. withdrew from a looming clash between rival ...

ISIS Is Gloating

The best one could say about Americas abandonment of the Kurds is that they should have known we would sell them out eventually.

Calling a Halt to Turkeys Offensive in North-eastern Syria

Turkeys incursion into north-eastern Syria threatens to reduce a region of relative calm to hotly contested terrain: it could meet determined resistance, cause mass displacement and revive ISIS. Washington should urgently press Ankara to stop the offensiv

Turkey on a Tightrope

Ankara is dealing with the United States and Russia, but what is defining this treacherous triangle?

In Search of a New Patron, the KRG Turns Back to Moscow

As the Iraqi Kurds reach out to Russia, the Kremlins sway over their politics and energy resources is growing.

Whither the Kurds?

As Kurds contemplate the future, they have the advantage in contrast to the Palestinians, that the transition calls into question the future political structure of Syria and Iraq

Syrian Kurds hold hundreds of foreign ISIS... and no one wants them back

Kurd officials appeal for help to deal with dangerous captives not one of their European allies has agreed to take them

In Afrin, Turkey seeks ethnic cleansing, not terror eradication

Today the United States and YPG have become partners. What happened?

U. S. Needs to Realize Iraqi National Constants

US opposed Kurdistan referendum on independence but Kurdish leadership announced that the alternative did not provide guarantees

The Remarkable Resilience of the Prime Minister of Iraq

In December, Haider alAbadi declared victory over ISIS. But with Iranian militias still to contend with and tensions with the Kurds high, challenges to peace remain.

Iraq and Iran sign Kirkuk oil swap agreement

Deal allows Iraq to resume sales of Kirkuk crude, which has been halted since Iraqi forces took back control of fields from Kurds in October

Iran’s Kurds are growing restless, too

A referendum held by Iraqi Kurds is revving up their Iranian cousins

Iran blocks flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region ahead of independence vote

It is Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent

The Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat

Iraq will deploy troops if Kurdish referendum turns violent

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Iraq will intervene militarily if the Kurdish region’s planned vote leads to bloodshed

Iraqi Kurds opposing independence vote face threats, mistrust

Most Iraqi Kurds aspire to their own state, but No For Now campaigners see vote as political gamble to benefit presidency

Iraq’s Yazidis, Freedom on hold

Safe from Islamic State, Yazidis now face a struggle with the Kurds

Kurdish official calls defeating ISIS ‘a huge mistake’

Iraq offers salaries to Kurdish government employees for oil