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Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers preparing for deployment in the battle against the militant Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in mid-June 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Hannah Lucinda Smith)

Warnings on Iraq ISIS attack ignored—KRG official

by Hannah Lucinda Smith | Jun 20, 2014 | Features

Jaloula, Asharq Al-Awsat—Intelligence and security officials in Iraq’s Kurdish region say they warned Baghdad and Western intelligence agencies six months ago about an impending attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Rooz Bahjay, a senior security...

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Members of the Kurdish security forces stand at a checkpoint during an intensive security deployment on the outskirts of Kirkuk on June 11, 2014. (REUTERS/Ako Rasheed)

Iraq: Kurdish Peshmerga move beyond Kirkuk city

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Peshmerga forces remained in complete control of Kirkuk on Friday, with local media reporting that Kurdish forces are moving beyond the city to contain Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat,...

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File photo of competitors at the second Erbil International Marathon in 2012. (Courtesy of the Erbil Marathon)

Erbil Marathon: Running for Peace

by Masoud Lawa | Oct 25, 2013 | Sports

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—With the third Erbil International Marathon set to take place on Friday, the organizers’ spokesman, Ahmed Jameel, spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat about what makes this event so unique. The Erbil Marathon is an international sporting event that...

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File photo of a Kurdish Peshmerga soldier holding a Kurdistan flag from August 6, 2012. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/Files)

Kurdish Peshmerga ready to confront terrorism across Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 4, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Kurdish military delegation that arrived in Baghdad yesterday announced the resumption of talks with the Iraqi Defense Ministry over Erbil’s readiness to deploy Peshmerga forces across Iraq for the purposes of confronting terrorism. Kurdistan...

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File photo of a Kurdish Peshmerga soldier holding a Kurdistan flag from August 6, 2012. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/Files)

Facing Division

by Hussein Shobokshi | Mar 16, 2013 | Opinion

In the latest statement by UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi regarding the situation in Syria, he acknowledged that the country will never return to how it was before. Many of those monitoring Syria took this to mean one thing, namely that the country is facing “division”...