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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Masoud Barzani
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 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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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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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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Contrarian Shiites and Kurds Bedevil US Mosul Offensive Commanders
The US-Iraqi-Kurdish offensive for the liberation of Mosul was launched Monday, Oct. 17 with high hopes in Washington, Baghdad and
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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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Mosul Operation Brought Forward to October at Obama’s Insistence
The US-led operation for the liberation of the Iraqi town of Mosul from ISIS occupation has been brought forward from
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Obama Pins His Legacy on Vanquishing ISIS at Raqqa and Mosul
Barack Obama has determined to spend his last months as president on a plan for the United States to vanquish
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Erdogan tells US: Stop backing the Kurds
US-Turkish discord over the Turkish army’s onslaught on the Kurds of northern Syria reached a new low Wednesday, Aug. 30,
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