The Iraqi Government Seize Kirkuk and Deter KRG Independence
The Iraqi army has taken the city of Kirkuk, following an October 16th advance on Kurdish military positions. According to...
Iraqi Kurds
Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Minority Populations in Iraq
In a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on October 4th, former Congressman Frank Wolf and Dr. Denise Natali from the...
United States may act pragmatically but should eventually stand with the Kurds
On September 25th, Iraqi Kurds voted in a referendum for independence from the Iraqi state. The plebiscite reflects the aspirations...
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...
Iraqi Government Forces Attempt to Retake the Town of Hawija
As the fight against the Islamic State continues in Iraq, Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that the government forces...
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,...
US to Send More Troops to Iraq in Effort to Take Mosul
On Monday, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the United States was sending 560 additional troops to Iraq...
An Islamic State Counteroffensive in Fallujah
On Tuesday May 31st, Islamic State reportedly blunted the Iraqi offensive in Fallujah after a four-hour long firefight broke out...
Greece’s Downfall: Economics, Refugees, and Terrorists
On February 14, 2016, Greek police arrested three Iraqi men in Alexandropolis in northern Greece near the Turkish border. The...