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Tag: Kurdistan Regional Government

Posted inMiddle East

Iraq parties, allies hold talks on ending violence

by Ali Choukeir December 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Iraqi politicians and their regional allies gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss how to resolve two months of protests that brought down the government, as violence hit southern cities. Demonstrators demanding reform have flooded the capital and the Shiite-majority south since October, in the largest grassroots movement the country has witnessed in years. Seen […]

A man sews an Iraqi Kurdish flag that will bear a portrait of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed
Posted inIran, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria, World

In Iraqi Kurdistan, hereditary politics come full circle

by Sami Moubayed December 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Turkish army tanks stationed near the Syrian border in operation "Olive Branch". Photo: AFP / Ozan Kose
Posted inAT Finance, China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey plays its latest card in the New Great Game

by Pepe Escobar January 27, 2018February 18, 2020
Masound Barzani in his younger days. Photo: Korek Kurdistan Iraq
Posted inEgypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Syria

Historic moment as ‘Kurdish Mandela’ Barzani stands aside

by Sami Moubayed October 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Artillery belonging to the Iraqi Security Forces reaches Kirkuk, Iraq, on October 17, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Alaa Al-Marjani
Posted inAfghanistan, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Kirkuk redux was a bloodless offensive. Here’s why

by Pepe Escobar October 17, 2017February 18, 2020
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is seen with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a joint news conference in Tehran, Iran, on October 4, 2017. Photo: Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Presidential Palace/ Handout via Reuters
Posted inBeijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Shanghai, Syria, Turkey, World

Iraqi Kurdistan the fly to regional spiders Turkey, Iraq, Iran

by Pepe Escobar October 6, 2017February 18, 2020
A boy rides a bicycle sporting the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, on September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Thaier Al-Sudani
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

‘Free Kurdistan’ inevitable, and war may be unavoidable

by Bilal Khan September 29, 2017
A boy rides a bicycle sporting the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, on September 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Thaier Al-Sudani
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Unravelling the riddle of the Kurds’ Iraqi pipedream

by Pepe Escobar September 27, 2017February 18, 2020
A man sews an Iraqi Kurdish flag that will bear a portrait of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed
Posted inFrance, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Kurdistan will be a success after independence from Iraq

by Manish Rai August 28, 2017
Kurdistan's foreign minister, Falah Mustafa Bakir, says an independent Iraqi Kurdistan will strive to establish peaceful and productive relationships with its neighboring countries and with Baghdad. Photo: Wikimedia commons.
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Turkey, World

Independent Kurdistan won’t go against its neighbors’ interests

by Manish Rai August 11, 2017

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