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An oil field outside of Kirkuk, Iraq. (AFP/File)

Iraq and Kurdistan Reach Agreement on Kirkuk Oil

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 31, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-Iraqi government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have agreed to import 150,000 bpd barrels from Kirkuk to Turkey. They struck a deal that it will be equally divided between Erbil and Baghdad. The two governments decided to refuse the request of the wife...

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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani (L) at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, August 23, 2016. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

Barzani in Ankara to Discuss Kurdistan, Mosul Post ISIS Phase

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 24, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil- Iraqi Kurdish Leader Masoud Barzani arrived to Ankara on Tuesday on an official visit following an invitation from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During his visit, Barzani will discuss with Erdogan and Turkish leaders major developments in the region; the war...

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Shortage of Foreignors Pushes ISIS to Use Child Suicide-Bombers

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 23, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk- ISIS has started to push children to the suicide operation scene after losing their foreign fighters, revels two suicide-bombings, the first in Gaziantep south Turkey last Saturday and the second in north Kirkuk in Iraq on Sunday, in addition to a third...

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Islamic Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani (right) at the front line during offensive operations against ISIS in the town of Tal Ksaiba in Salahuddin Province, Iraq, on March 8, 2015. Reuters

Six Iranian Military Camps South of Kirkuk… Others on the Way

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 22, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk-Iran runs six military camps near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, including around 1,500 officers and commanders from the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Tehran is also planning to open new military camps between the cities of Kirkuk and...

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Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment against ISIS on the front line in Khazer August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Erbil Rejects Baghdad’s Request to Stop Peshmerga Advance towards Mosul

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 20, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-Kurdish officials expressed reservations at Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s calls for the Peshmerga to stop its progress in the Nineveh province amid accusations that the Kurdish forces are attempting to seize land with the objective of declaring their...