Iraq's Kurdistan region and the invasion by ISIS in August 2014, the Kurdish U.S. backed response in 2015

08/14/2014

Iran and the U.S. aid the Peshmerga forces to push the ISIS Islamic state militants out of Kurdistan. Maliki steps down as prime minister and a new prime minister who would appeal to both Shia and Sunnis takes over. The failure of Maliki to bring national reconciliation and build a strong national military comprised of Shia and Sunni with the help of the U.S. leads to the collapse of Mosul. The situation with a badly trained and poorly organized Iraqi military and poorly equiped Peshmerga leads to the general collapse as Sunni ISIS militants in Syria push into Iraq in 2014. U.S. airstrikes help prevent the fall of Erbil, capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region. France moves to aid Kurdistan as the EU fails to come up with a response. By 2015 the situation changed, with U.S. led airstrikes the Kurds had taken Sinjar from ISIS. an agreement.

Grouped Articles

Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side

Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014

Nour Malas, Nour, Malas, Joe Parkinson, Joe, Parkinson

With Maliki Out of the Picture, U.S. Prepares to Boost Iraq Aid

Wall Street Journal 08/16/2014

Jay Solomon, Jay, Solomon, Dion Nissenbaum, Dion, Nissenbaum

How to Save Iraq and Honor American Sacrifice

Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014

James L. Jones, James, L., Jones

U.S. Widens Air Campaign in Northern Iraq

Wall Street Journal 08/18/2014

Matt Bradley, Matt, Bradley, Tamr El Ghosbashy, Tamr, El Ghosbashy, , Felicia Schwartz, Felicia, Schwartz

Islamic State Fills Coffers From Illicit Economy in Syria, Iraq

Wall Street Journal 08/28/2014

Nour Malas, Nour, Malas, Maria Abi Habib, Maria, Abi Habib

How Kurds Came to Play Key Role in U.S. Plans to Combat Islamic State

Wall Street Journal 09/09/2014

Joe Parkinson, Joe, Parkinson, Adam Entous, Adam, Entous

Iraq splintering into three regions in 2015- Sunni, Shiite and Kurd

03/26/2015

The situation on the ground with the intolerance of the previous Maliki government in Baghdad, the rise of Islamic State, and the Kurdish state in the north, have created conditions on the ground that are leading ordinary Sunnis and Shiites in the 2.5 million plus refugees to see the division of the country between Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish as permanent partition of the country. Beyond the partition is the wider sectarian conflict between Shiites and Sunnis that the conflict in Syria-Iraq has created, and its spread to other parts of the Middle East including Yemen., drawing a coalition of Arab states led by the Saudis and Turkey opposing Shiite Iran.

Grouped Articles

Iraq Inches Toward 3-Way Split

Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015

Yaroslav Trofimov, Yaroslav, Trofimov

Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?

New York Times 06/01/2015

The Editorial Board, The, Editorial, Board

With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends

Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015

Benoit Faucon And Asa Fitch, Benoit, Faucon, And, Asa, Fitch

America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS

Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015

Matt Bradley And Joel Parkinson, Matt, Bradley, And, Joel, Parkinson

Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists

Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015

Emre Peker And Ayla Albayrak, Emre, Peker, And, Ayla, Albayrak

Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq

New York Times 11/13/2015

Tim Arango, Tim, Arango

Kurdistan- history and geography

04/12/2015

Grouped Articles

Would New Borders Mean Less Conflict in the Middle East?

Wall Street Journal 04/12/2015

Yaroslav Trofimov, Yaroslav, Trofimov

The State of the Kurds

Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015

Yaroslav Trofimov, Yaroslav, Trofimov

Turkey Uneasy as U.S. Support of Syrian Kurds Grows

New York Times 06/29/2015

Tim Arango, Tim, Arango, Eric Schmitt, Eric, Schmitt

America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS

Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015

Matt Bradley And Joel Parkinson, Matt, Bradley, And, Joel, Parkinson

Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq

New York Times 11/13/2015

Tim Arango, Tim, Arango

On the Front Line Against Islamic State

Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015

Sohrab Ahmari, Sohrab, Ahmari

Efforts to establish an autonomous Kurdish region in Syria, Iraq's Kurdish Autonomous region, and Turkey

05/21/2011

The developments in Kurdish parts of Syria as the Kurds in Iraq and Syria work to promote a similiar autonomous region for Kurds in Syria, based on the model set by the Autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq headquartered in Erbil.

Grouped Articles

Arabs Ask U.S. to Lead on Syria

Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013

Jay Solomon, Jay, Solomon

Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria

Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013

Adam Entous, Adam, Entous, Joe Parkinson, Joe, Parkinson

In Southern Turkey, Renewed Fears of Sectarian Strife

Wall Street Journal 11/07/2013

Ayla Albayrak, Ayla, Albayrak

In Iraq, growing gap sets Kurdistan apart - The Washington Post

Washington Post 03/10/2012

Ernesto Londono, Ernesto, Londono

Kurdish Oil Gambit Hits Troubled Waters

Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014

Emre Peker, Emre, Peker, Sarah Kent, Sarah, Kent

Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side

Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014

Nour Malas, Nour, Malas, Joe Parkinson, Joe, Parkinson

U.S.- Kurds relations

06/29/2015

Grouped Articles

Turkey Uneasy as U.S. Support of Syrian Kurds Grows

New York Times 06/29/2015

Tim Arango, Tim, Arango, Eric Schmitt, Eric, Schmitt

Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists

Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015

Emre Peker And Ayla Albayrak, Emre, Peker, And, Ayla, Albayrak

Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq

New York Times 11/13/2015

Tim Arango, Tim, Arango

On the Front Line Against Islamic State

Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015

Sohrab Ahmari, Sohrab, Ahmari

Stingy Baghdad Harms the ISIS Fight

Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015

Juleanna Glover, Juleanna, Glover

Turkish Tensions With Syrian Kurdish Fighters Strain Ties With U.S.

Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016

Don Nissenbaum, Don, Nissenbaum, Carol E. Lee, Carol, E., Lee

A weak military in Iraq in 2014-2015, split by sectarian divisions and poorly equipped and trained- in the period following U.S. withdrawal

04/28/2014

The failure of Nouri Maliki to bring together Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Sunnis see the Maliki government's anti-terrorist effort as ethnic cleanising, the U.S. is wary of the Maliki government and has refrained from supplying the military, the college setup by the U.S. to train officers remains vacant after the U.S. withdrawal at Maliki's insistence. The militants ISIS organization draws from trained officers in the old Iraqi military before the invasion and Sunni militants in Syria. This threatens the ability of the government to maintain peace in the country and creates risks for Iraqi oil supplies and revenues.

Grouped Articles

Fledgling Iraqi Military Is Outmatched on Battlefield

Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014

Matt Bradley, Matt, Bradley, Ali Nabhan, Ali, Nabhan

Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul

New York Times 06/10/2014

Suadad Al Salhy, Suadad, Al Salhy, Tim Arango, Tim, Arango

Iraqi, U.S. Forces Trade Barbs Over Failures

Wall Street Journal 06/12/2014

Matt Bradley, Matt, Bradley

Mosul Falls to ISIS, Endangering Iraq’s Democracy

New York Times 06/11/2014

Nussaibah Younis, Nussaibah, Younis

U.S. Said to Rebuff Iraqi Request to Strike Militants

New York Times 06/11/2014

Michael R. Gordon, Michael, R., Gordon, Eric Schmitt, Eric, Schmitt

Sunni Fighters Gain as They Battle 2 Governments, and Other Rebels

New York Times 06/11/2014

Thanassis Cambanis, Thanassis, Cambanis