Kurdish President Barzani Steps Down from Power
Iraqi Kurdish President Masoud Barzani is resigning as president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, effective November 1st,after the September 25th...
Haider al-Abadi
The Regional and International Responses to the Seizure of Kirkuk
A variety of regional and international actors are weighing in on the October 16th seizure of oil-rich Kirkuk province by...
Iraqi Kurds Face Tension from Iraq, Iran and Turkey after Independence Referendum
On Monday September 25th, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held an independence referendum on whether the KRG will begin to...
Baghdad Expels Kirkuk Governor, as Kurdish Independence Referendum Nears
On September 14th the Iraqi parliament voted to remove the governor of the Kurdish controlled region of Kirkuk from office,...
Iraqi’s Heed Call of Shiite Cleric and Demand Government Reform
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is attempting to reorganize his cabinet amongst civil unrest and...
Is Russia About To Abandon Assad? Probably Not.
A report from the London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat citing "anonymous Western diplomatic sources" states that Russia has been changing...
Iraqi Forces Struggle to Counter ISIS in Anbar Province
According to local leaders on the ground, Islamic State (ISIS) may be hours away from overtaking the Iraqi city of...
Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi Asks For Weapons
In his first visit to Washington, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi plans to seek further American aid in his country's...
Obama’s Strategy on the Iraq/Syria Crisis Collapsing as Americans Go to the Polls
On September 10, 2014, President Obama announced his strategy to “degrade and destroy” the Islamic State and to arm and...