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The attack comes amid numerous reports in Kurdish media that the US is withdrawing from Iraq, including forces in the Kurdistan Region. This includes reports of air defenses being withdrawn.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Inside story: Will Iranian Kurdish fighters fill any vacuum left by PKK in Qandil?
While the four-decade presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq’s Qandil Mountains now has a firm expiration date, the future for the contentious border region appears unclear. Under a ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: The promise of the Kurdish peace
The challenge for Turkey and the Kurds is to build an inclusive national identity capacious enough to accommodate Kurdish identity and aspirations.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Iranian Kurdish parties in Iraq face a delicate balance amid Iran attacks
Iranian Kurdish groups based in Iraq have been heavily attacked in the war, but most deny US assistance.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region suffers as US-Iran war drags on
Within hours of the US-Israel attacks on Iran, US assets in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region came under retaliatory attacks from Tehran-backed groups, dragging the country into the conflict that ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Kurdish leader links potential Iran ground push to US-enforced no-fly zone
Kaabi also referred to the period after the 1991 Gulf War. At that time, the United States, Britain and France established a no-fly zone in northern Iraq to protect Kurdish areas from air attacks by ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Iran Risks New War Front as Kurdish Attacks Rise Amid US Ceasefire
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An uptick in clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Is Kurdistan Ready for a US-Iran War?
Tension between Iran and the United States is at a peak. On October 11, Attorney General Eric Holder accused the Islamic Republic of plotting an attack on American soil. “Today, the Department of ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: As SDF disband in Syria, Kurds ponder how to secure their rights
As the Kurdish forces dissolve, experts express concern if their rights will be won through democratic means.
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Iraqi Kurdistan Caught in U.S.-Israeli War With Iran
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News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: How Iran Is Outplaying the CIA in Iraqi Kurdistan
It has now been several weeks since an internal dispute within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)—one of Iraqi Kurdistan’s two main political parties—erupted into the open. At issue is not only ...
News Iran » Kurdistan » Politics: Kurdistan’s Lessons for the Iran War and International Order
Addressing the ongoing legitimacy crisis within the global order will require a rethinking that transcends traditional categories of statehood. What is “order” in the context of contemporary ...