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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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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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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Iraqi Kurds vote for independence. Barzani: Our borders lie where our tanks stop
The 5.2 million eligible voters of the semiautonomous Kurdish Republic of Iraq avow their desire on Monday, Sept. 25 to
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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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How the Kurdish Independence Bid Sent Turkey Running into Iran’s Arms
The US military command in Syria strongly suspects that the Turkish-backed rebels who opened fire on US forces in northern
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After Trump’s Pullback from Syria, Erdogan Cozies up to Iran, Beckons to Jordan
The United States and NATO pretend that Turkey is still a trusted Western ally. In Washington, the Trump administration acts
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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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