A new figure is emerging from Iran’s coup against the Kurds in Kirkuk
Bafel Talabani from Suleimaniya is nicknamed the White Wolf by his fellow Kurds. Read about his role in the Iranian
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Putin and Netanyahu focus on Kurdistan crisis after Iran’s successful maneuver in Kirkuk
Gen. Sergey Shoigu had no sooner flown out of Israel on Wednesday, Oct. 18, than Iranian and Syrian army chiefs
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Israel tries to balance Iran strategy between Trump and Putin
Israel’s leaders stressed to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu the importance of thwarting Iran’s military entrenchment in Syria. But can’t
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Syria fires missiles at Israeli Air Force flights as Russian Defense Minister heads to Israel
Syria’s surface-to-air SA-5 missile attack on Israeli reconnaissance flights over Lebanon on Monday, Oct. 16, was a demonstration that Damascus,
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Iran and Iraq go to war with the Kurds over Kirkuk. Rev Guards take part in defiance of US
Baghdad claimed that Iraqi units led the operation launched early Monday against the Kurds over Kirkuk.. DEBKAfile: Pro-Iranian Shiite militias
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Iran-backed Iraqi ultimatum to Kurds to leave Kirkuk. First test for Trump’s threat to Rev Guards
Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar Al-Abadi Saturday night, Oct. 14, gave the Kurdish Peshmerga an ultimatum to surrender the positions in
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Trump terminates Iran appeasement, targets Rev Guards
US President Donald Trump unveiled a new US strategy for Iran, while outlining the Islamic Republic’s 38-year record of violence
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The Turkish-US visa spat was triggered by Kurdish dispute, Ankara’s flight from NATO to the Russian-Iranian fold
As of Monday, Oct. 9, US missions in Turkey have suspended non-immigrant visa services and closed their doors to the
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Saudi King asks Putin to help contain Iranian threat, accepts Russian gains in Syria
President Donald Trump’s best Middle East friend and ally, Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, arrived in Moscow Thursday Oct. 5
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Iraq has slim hope of Iranian-Turkish backing against Kurds – even economic warfare
Amid all the muscle-flexing and the beating of war drums, Iraq, Turkey and Iraq are thinking twice before going
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