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...
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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...
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...
Iranian Influence in the Middle East: How the President and Congress can Respond
On October 10th Iran told the United States that it will keep “all options on the table” if President Trump...
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...
Kurdish forces launch operation to retake Sinjar in Iraq from the Islamic State
Backed by US air cover, Kurdish militias have launched an operation to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, located about...
Turkey attacks Kurdish rebels, China’s military and intelligence expands, Iran jails Americans and journalists…
Kurdish rebels in Iraq attacked by Turkey, may turn to Russia for assistance In what could be interpreted as a...
Taliban Seizes Kunduz, Shia Militia Frees Turkish Workers, Kurds in urgent need of economic support…
Threat Information Office Headlines 9-28-15 Taliban seizes Kunduz, Islamic State Launches attacks The Taliban carried out one of the most...
Resolving the Kurdish Question
Turkey has officially launched an airstrike campaign against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as of last week. The attack coincided...
Turks Concerned Over Kurdish Counter-Offensive
Thousands of refugees fled northern Syria for safety in Turkey as Syrian Kurdish led forces (consisting of the YPG and...
Could Kurdish riots in Iran be the beginning of Kurdish Spring?
On May 4, Farinaz Khosravani, a maid at the four-star Tarai hotel in Mahabad, Iran died after falling from a 4th floor...
Shia Militia Leader Explodes Over Possibility of U.S. Support for Kurdish Forces
Shia leader Moqtada Al-Sadr, head of the Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM), issued a stark denunciation of the U.S. Defense Bill currently...
The Key to Defeating ISIS: The Kurds
As the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate in the war against the Islamic State, one wonders how long...
Welcome, Kurdistan
Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past....