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Kurdish peshmerga forces sit on top of a tank on the outskirts of Kirkuk April 18, 2015. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Defense Ministry Sources: Tehran Withholding Further Armament for Kurdish Forces in Iraq

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Iran has been called out for stopping artillery supply convoys scheduled for delivery to Iraqi Kurdistan four months ago, sources at the Iraqi ministry of defense confirmed to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker Shakhawan Abdulla accused the Iraqi...

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Iraqi pro-government forces take up position on the outskirts of the city of Fallujah, as part of a major assault to retake the city from ISIS. AFP

Waylaid in Fallujah, ISIS Reopens Hit Battlefront

by Munaf al Obeidi and Dalshad Abdullah | May 30, 2016 | Middle East

Fallujah-Irbil- Terrorist group ISIS had a go at opening up a new battlefront in the Iraqi town of Hit after being strangled down in the Fallujah barrages. Iraq’s security forces and cooperative tribal members steadily advance in Fallujah, anticipating a nearing...

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Kurdish People’s Protection Units YPG fighters prepare their weapons in Ras Al-Ain countryside, Photo,Reuters

Iranian and Hezbollah Militias Fight against the Kurds of Iraq

by Dalshad Abdullah and Manaf al Obeidi and Hamza Mustapha | Apr 25, 2016 | Middle East

Kirkuk- Yesterday evening fierce clashes fired up once again across Tuz Khormato, the central city located in the Saladin Province, Iraq. The multi-ethnic city, comprising both Kurds and Turkmen, is overwhelmed with militias. The rounds of fire exchanged last evening...

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Members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) take position in a classroom in the village of Ma’arouf in the northeastern Syrian province of Al-Hasakah on July 16, 2015, as they battle Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters. (AFP PHOTO / YOUSSEF KARWASHAN)

ISIS used poison gas in northeast Syria: Kurds, monitor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 18, 2015 | Middle East

Beirut, Reuters—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Saturday. Two UK-based...

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Sunni volunteers carry weapons during a parade as they prepare to fight against ISIS militants, in the town of Amriyat Al-Falluja in Anbar province, January 8, 2015. (Reuters)

Iraqi parliament rejects US bill to “split Iraq”

by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s parliament has rejected a proposal by the US Congress to bypass the Baghdad government and directly arm Sunni and Kurdish groups in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi...