US halts arms supplies to Syrian Kurds at Turkey’s insistence
The White House said it was making “adjustments to its support for US partners” after the defeat of ISIS in
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Kurdistan’s Barzani faces ouster. Iraqi army poised to seize KRG airfields
Iraq’s PM launches an operation to free Anbar from ISIS. DEBKAfile: It is Stage II of the Kurdish campaign for
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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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Kurdistan Weathers Its Referendum Unscathed, Kirkuk Oil Continues to Flow
Clouds of fantasy hang over the independence referendum staged by the Kurdish Republic of Iraq (KRG) ion Monday, Sept. 25.
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Iraq’s Kurds Run to Moscow after Iran Warns of Kirkuk’s Loss for Their Referendum
Tehran has threatened military force against the independence referendum which the semiautonomous Kurdish Regional Republic of Iraq (KRG) has scheduled
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Conflicting US-Turkish “Green Lights” Potentially Clash in Syria
A meeting in Washington scheduled for May 16 is raising suspense to fever pitch in more than one world capital.
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Kurds Menaced by Turkey, Wooed by Iran
President Donald Trump is not the only world leader directly engaging the key players in the Syrian scenario. (See article
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Sarin Gas Bomb: Russian-Iranian Distraction from Grand US Raqqa Plan
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson came close to the truth when on April 4 he held Russia and Iran
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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 US-Led Coalition’s Advance on Mosul Lags Way behind Schedule
The progress made by the US-led Iraqi-Kurdish forces in their three-week advance on ISIS-held Mosul was commended Sunday night, Nov.
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