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Iraqi Forces Advance on Last ISIS Bastion, Former Kurdish Allies
Keywords: Kurds, Peshmerga, Iraq Kurdistan,
Tags: Current Focus,
The Iraqi army moves against Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq after taking Raqqa from ISIS and Kirkuk from the Kurds. The fragile peace between the autonomous Kurdish region and the central government in Iraq broke down after the Kurdistan autonomous government held a referendum in all Kurdish controlled regions in Iraq, including parts taken from ISIS. The Kurds held the referendum for an independent state on Sept 25, 2017. This puts the U.S. in a difficult position as it supported the Kurds against ISIS, when the Iraqi army was disorganized in 2015-2016. Turkey also opposes the Kurds move for an independent state that could include parts of Turkey.
Haider Al-Abadi, prime minister of Iraq on progress made towards national reconciliation between Shia, Sunni, Kurds and tribes in 2014-2015
12/15/2014
Al-Abadi focusses on actions to remove the discontent that has helped the Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
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New York Times 12/22/2014
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New York Times 12/15/2014
Premier Haider al-Abadi, Facing Protests, Proposes Iraqi Government Overhaul
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Iraqi Army Makes New Push to Retake City of Ramadi From Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2015
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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
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Stingy Baghdad Harms the ISIS Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Turkish Tensions With Syrian Kurdish Fighters Strain Ties With U.S.
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
Qubad Talabani on the way forward for an Iraq of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds with regional autonomy
12/09/2014
The Kurdish deputy prime minister says centralization is not the way forward and much of the toxic nature of the Maliki regime is now gradually being undone.
Grouped Articles
Saving Iraq in the Post-Maliki Era
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2014
A United Iraq Is Pushing ISIS Back
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
In Struggle for National Identity, Iraqis Rally Around Many Flags
New York Times 12/22/2014
To Defeat Islamic State in Iraq, Bridge the Sunni-Shiite Divide
Wall Street Journal 02/13/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
The situation in Syria in 2017- negotiations between the U.S. supporting Kurdish forces in the north, Russia, and Turkey
03/09/2017
By 2016 Turkey sets aside its goal of supporting rebel forces in Syria to focus on what it perceives as a threat from Kurdish forces on its border with Syria. Russia supports Turkey against the Kurds, as the U.S. sends ground forces in small numbers to support the Kurds in the north, and negotiations take place between the three countries.
Grouped Articles
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Turkish military expert: Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends | News | DW.COM | 09.03.2017
DW.COM 03/09/2017
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
Turkey’s Wars: Quelling Kurdish Uprisings, and Suffering From Terror Attacks
The New York Times 03/31/2017
U.S. Is Caught Between Ally Turkey and Kurdish Partner in Syria
WSJ 05/04/2017
U.S. Says It Shot Down Syrian Aircraft
WSJ 06/19/2017
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
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Wall Street Journal 08/16/2014
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Wall Street Journal 08/15/2014
U.S. Widens Air Campaign in Northern Iraq
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2014
Islamic State Fills Coffers From Illicit Economy in Syria, Iraq
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2014
How Kurds Came to Play Key Role in U.S. Plans to Combat Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2014
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
Turkey's Spymaster Plots Own Course on Syria
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2013
In Southern Turkey, Renewed Fears of Sectarian Strife
Wall Street Journal 11/07/2013
In Iraq, growing gap sets Kurdistan apart - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/10/2012
Kurdish Oil Gambit Hits Troubled Waters
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Iraq Crisis: Effort to Aid Kurdish Forces Puts Iran, U.S. on Same Side
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2014
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
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
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