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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Iraq’s Kurds to Hold Referendum – But Delay Independence
The Kurdish leaders of northern Iraq (KRG) are determined willy-nilly to hold their independence referendum on Sept. 25 despite universal
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Turkey Joins Iran’s Anti-US Ranks on Burning Regional Issues
Turkey, the Middle East’s perennial odd man out, has just jumped into bed with his latest significant other, Iran. Their
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The Kurds Ditch US in War on ISIS, Strike a Better Deal with Russia
Before Donald Trump was elected president, the Hillary Clinton campaign made much of the wall-to-wall international coalition assembled by Barack
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ISIS’ Black Sea Network Scattered Ahead of Major Terror Drive for New Year Holiday
One of the Islamic State’s most ambitious plots for a major terror offensive during the coming holidays in West and
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The Toxic Chemical Cloud’s Disruptive Military Significance
Thursday, Oct. 20 on the fourth day of the offensive to retake Mosul, ISIS loosed a toxic cloud made up
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Tehran will fight Turkey’s role in Mosul operation
The involvement of Turkish special operations, armored and artillery forces in support of the Kurdish Peshmerga battle to drive ISIS
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Fears of Mosul Offensive Breaking up into Regional Proxy Wars
The Kurdish Peshmerga, far from being a homogeneous army, is in fact two contingents divided along the lines of the
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ISIS’ First Bombing of Syrian Kurds – A Turning Point in War on Islamic Terror
Syria’s Kurds have been given their first taste of dire Islamic State punishment in two years. On July 27, twin
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Islamist fundamentalists gain tactical advantage over the US and Israel in Gaza and Irbil, 1,372 km apart
While different in many ways, the two most active Middle East conflicts, waged by the US in northern Iraq against
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