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Iraqi Kurds wave the Kurdish flags next to a bonfire to celebrate New Year which marks the beginning of the Noruz spring festival in the northern city of Erbil. (AFP)


Now is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan

Now is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan

Kurdish-Arab tensions have increased in recent weeks as a result of political differences between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government in Baghdad. Disputes over oil and gas resources and the 2013 budget have undermined stability in Iraq...