Iraqi Kurds back away from independence bid
(CNN)The government of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has taken another step back from its failed bid for independence, accepting a national court ruling that its…
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More than 430 dead from earthquake in Iran-Iraq border area
Rescuers dug with their bare hands Monday through the debris of buildings felled by an earthquake that killed more than 430 people in the border…
Trump’s Attacks On The Iran Deal Are Driving Allies Away From The U.S.
THE JOINT COMPREHENSIVE Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal, increasingly appears to be in trouble. Despite the consensus opinion of U.S. and…
Why Kurds deserve independence
Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan, or South Kurdistan, revolted against the Iraqi government and gained semi-autonomy in 1991. After Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in 2003,…
Iraq to sell Kirkuk oil to Iran
Iraq and Iran agreed in principle to export Kirkuk oil to Iran, according to the Iraqi oil ministry. Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi said on Friday in…
Kurds: Iraq court’s anti-secession ruling ‘revengeful’
An Iraqi court’s decision ruling against secession following a Kurdish bid for independence was “highly politicised” and part of a wider set of “revengeful” policies…
Middle East tensions rise as Iran and Saudis jostle for power
A string of escalatory moves taken by Saudi Arabia and arch-rival Iran over the past few days suggest the long-brewing cold war between the region’s…
Yazidis in Iraq: ‘The genocide is ongoing’
Khanke camp, northern Iraq – Wahda cannot sleep. During the day, she and her husband are busy caring for their 10 daughters and two sons inside Khanke…
The Kurds Are Right Back Where They Started
In a televised address on october 29, the president of the Iraqi Kurdish region, Masoud Barzani, declared that he would step down from his post….
Reshaping Iraq After the Defeat of the Islamic State
Iraq’s anti-ISIS war is quickly drawing to an end. ISIS fighters are routed and Iraqi sovereignty over territories, held by the Islamic State from June…