In Kurdistan, Ruling Parties Retain Power but Opposition Gains | Ruling bloc’s majority nearly halved
Tensions Between National Govt, Kurdistan a Key Topic of Maliki-Obama Talks
Tensions Between National Govt, Kurdistan a Key Topic of Maliki-Obama Talks | Is a new civil war brewing?
Is Ethnic Strife Inevitable in Iraq?
Relations between Iraq's various Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen ethnicities are going through a new round of complications since a provision in the draft constitution of the country's northern Kurdistan region declared a range of disputed areas part of the historical...
Protests in Mosul Over Annexations Into Kurdistan
Protests in Mosul Over Annexations Into Kurdistan | Kurdistan parliament claiming parts of Nineveh, Diyala
At Least 80 Killed in Kirkuk Truck Bombing
At Least 80 Killed in Kirkuk Truck Bombing | Hundreds reported wounded in strike against Shi’ite mosque
Kurdistan Expansion Threatens US Pullout Plans
Bloomberg is reporting today that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been raising its flags and deploying its military in areas outside of their official borders. One Kurdish military officer explained that “Saddam kicked out Kurds, Arabs came in. Kurds are...
At Least 57 Killed in Kirkuk Bombing
Suicide bomb in a Kirkuk restaurant targets local Sunni Arab and Kurdish leaders meeting over lunch.
Growing Rift With Kurds Puts Maliki in Peril
Support Councils leave Prime Minister Maliki’s relationship with his Kurdish allies in serious harm.
Kurdish Officials Acquired Arms From Bulgaria
US military officials are reporting that the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq took delivery of three planeloads of weapons from Bulgaria sometimes in September. The quantity of the arms caught US officials off guard, and has apparently irked the Iraqi central...
Iraq’s Presidency Demands Suspension of Pro-Maliki Militias
Persistent complaints by Iraq's Kurdish parties over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's creation of "Support Councils," militias allied with him and operating under a similar basis to the Sunni Awakening Councils have led to an ever escalating feud with top officials in...