Syrian, Iraqi Kurds main sufferers of failed US, KRG policies
The U.S. strategy to back the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), dominated by the PKK terror organization’s Syria affiliate, the Democratic People’s Union (PYD) and its…
Iraq
Iraq orders truce with Kurds to allow peaceful deployment at border crossings
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to allow for the…
Turkey’s paradox in Iraq: Weaker because of a weakened Kurdistan
The sight was vivid proof of how quickly and dramatically the sands of Middle East politics can shift: the smiling faces of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip…
Renewed Saudi-Iraq ties ‘to rival Iran’s influence’
A recent warming of ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq could signal a move away from Iran’s influence over Baghdad, analysts say, but with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arriving on…
Fear of Iranian general left Iraqi Kurdish oil fields deserted
BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) – When the Iraqi army and Iranian-backed Shi‘ite militia entered a key oil processing facility in Iraq’s north to retake it from Kurdish…
Iraq’s Abadi heads to Iran for regional security talks
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is set to meet Iran’s leaders for talks on regional security, including the future of Iraq’s Kurdistan and the role…
Kurds offer to freeze independence vote to end fighting with Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish leaders offered Wednesday to freeze the outcome of last month’s vote for independence, taking a step back in a major crisis that prompted…
How Iraq crushed the Kurds’ dream of independence
We crossed the Kurdish frontline without realising. It did not amount to much on the morning of 16 October; a few lightly armed men in…
America Is in Denial About Iraq
Well, that didn’t take long. The last pockets of the Islamic State in Iraq have still not been recaptured, and already the country’s sectarian divisions…
Kurds fearful and angry after Iraqi forces take Kirkuk
As the sun lowers over Kirkuk, crowds of young Arabs and Turkmen take to the streets waving Iraqi flags, dancing and honking car horns in…