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Kurdish fighters near the Syrian-Turkish border. (Reuters)

Region’s Kurds and International Agendas

by Paula Astih | Mar 11, 2017 | Features

Beirut – The Kurdish scene is appearing ever more divided today since the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, leaving major changes on the ground in northern Syria and causing the displacement of around 40 million Kurds. Spread over Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Iran...

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Smoke rises from a car bomb that exploded during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraqi Forces Capture Mosul Bridge, Close in on State Buildings

by Dalshad Abdullah | Mar 7, 2017 | Middle East

Mosul – Iraqi forces captured the second of Mosul’s five bridges on Monday, giving a boost to their onslaught on ISIS remaining stronghold in the western part of the city. All of Mosul’s five bridges have been destroyed but the capture of the...

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Iraqi special forces soldiers drive in a desert near Mosul, Iraq October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Dozens of ISIS Leaders Escape from Iraq to Syria

by Dalshad Abdullah | Feb 16, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil – Several ISIS commanders and their families are escaping from Mosul through Tal Afar and al-Baaj to Syria after managing to break the siege imposed by militias of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) around Tal Afar. Sheikh of al-Shammar Tribe had confirmed that...

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The Prime Minister of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Nechirvan Barzani, September 18, 2013. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Kurdistan PM: Baghdad Treats Kurdistan Region as a District

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 30, 2017 | World

Erbil – Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani accused the federal government in Baghdad of not committing to any of its constitutional obligations towards the region. Speaking to Voice of America (VOA), Barzani said that Kurds expect a lot...

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Members of Hashid Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) fire towards Islamic State militant positions in west of Mosul, Iraq, December 28, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Signs of Skirmishes between Iraqi PMF Militants, Kurdish Peshmerga

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 28, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Irbil- Intense fighting broke out between the mostly Shi’ite Popular Mobilization forces (PMF) and Kurdish Peshmerga militants based in west Sinjar, a city in Mosul in northern Iraq. This comes off as the first registered encounter between the two groups...