Kurds

Sunni to Relinquish Parliamentary Speaker in exchange for Presidency

2021-06-07

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

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

2020-06-21

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 ...

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Syria: Winners and Losers

2019-10-22

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

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

2019-10-16

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

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ISIS Is Gloating

2019-10-15

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

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Calling a Halt to Turkeys Offensive in North-eastern Syria

2019-10-14

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

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Turkey on a Tightrope

2019-09-22

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

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

2018-06-18

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

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Whither the Kurds?

2018-06-14

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

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

2018-03-12

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

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In Afrin, Turkey seeks ethnic cleansing, not terror eradication

2018-02-13

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

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U. S. Needs to Realize Iraqi National Constants

2018-01-06

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

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The Remarkable Resilience of the Prime Minister of Iraq

2018-01-02

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.

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Iraq and Iran sign Kirkuk oil swap agreement

2017-12-10

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

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Iran’s Kurds are growing restless, too

2017-10-04

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

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

2017-09-25

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

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Iraq will deploy troops if Kurdish referendum turns violent

2017-09-17

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

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Iraqi Kurds opposing independence vote face threats, mistrust

2017-09-11

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

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Iraq’s Yazidis, Freedom on hold

2016-08-13

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

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