It was reported that Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Nechirvan Barzani, a good friend of both Erdoğan and MBZ, helped facilitate the rapprochement between Turkey and the UAE – two countries that confronted on almost all regional issues concerning Libya, Egypt, the Horn of Africa, Yemen, and the Eastern Mediterranean throughout the past decade.
The Quad and Japanese Nationalism: The Genie Is out of the Bottle
Once the nationalism genie is out of the bottle, it is difficult to put it back in. Nationalism and militarism…
Suicide Bombings in Iraq: A Return to Security Chaos?
Did Daesh (ISIS) rise from the ashes in Iraq?
What Is China’s Endgame in Northern Iraq?
he beginning of the relations between China and the KRG, the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, dates back to the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Looking Beyond Ain Issa: The Way Forward in North East Syria
The consequences of this de facto reality came into light when a group of PKK fighters tried to cross into Iraq from Syria but ended badly when they faced off with KRG Peshmerga.
Regional Vulnerabilities Sharpen in the Aftermath of the US-Iran Escalation
Arab Spring, Emergence of Daesh and KRG Referendum: Opportunity for Iranian Expansionism
Qassem Soleimani acted as military advisor to Bashar al-Assad and as a field commander in fighting against the Syrian opposition forces during Syrian Civil War since 2011.
YPG’s Retaliation Against the Press: Kurdistan 24 Case
n 2 September, 2019 the pro-Kurdish media outlet Kurdistan 24 stationed in the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) released a public statement explaining that while they have previously worked in northeastern Syria with the permission of the local YPG administration, they were recently banned from doing so.
The US-Iran Scramble for post-Abadi Iraq: How Will Turkey be Affected?
First of all, the PKK can avail itself from the chaos by extending its influence on the KRG.
Barzani Back in Turkey: Towards Re-building Relations?
The referendum has become a turning point as the governments of Turkey, Iran and Iraq –all in favor of Iraq’s territorial integrity- cooperated to halt the one-sided independence move of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
The Indecisive 2018 Election Results and the Prospect of Civil War in Iraq
” He added that, “the ruling parties in the KRG should accept the fact that recounting electoral votes will change the number of seats and it should respect the domestic experience.
How Turkey Has Changed its Counter-Terrorism Policy Against the PKK
If Turkey can manage the dynamics emanating from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and the central Iraqi government in favor of its new strategy, the PKK cannot sustain its presence in the region.
How will Turkey carry out its Military Campaign beyond Afrin?
The KRG’s independence referendum showed how an intra-regional competition turned into an ad hoc realistic alliance in the presence of a common threat.
A Pending Threat for the West: Foreign Fighters in the YPG
The first is landing in Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq, transferring to the Qandil Mountains and from there entering into Syria, or smuggling themselves into areas near Fishhabur and Sinjar in the eastern region of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) – sometimes under the guise of a journalistic company – and entering Syria from there.
Turkey’s Hunt for the PKK in post-referendum Iraq
ollowing the independence referendum proposed by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq on September 25, 2017, the governments of Turkey, Iran and Iraq have come closer to an unprecedented degree.
The new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline to send 1M bpd to Turkey
Havana and Bai Hasan, which were under the control of the KRG for about 3 years, were able to export 300,000 barrels per day by October 16th.
Turkey rushes aid groups to quake-hit Iraq
The natural disaster comes in the middle of a strong political controversy following the KRG’s one-sided independence referendum weeks earlier.
Barzani fails to survive after referendum
ollowing the military operation of the Iraqi Armed Forces in Kirkuk, the KRG leader Masoud Barzani described the withdrawal of the Peshmerga and the handover of Kirkuk to Baghdad as “treason.
Iraq suspends military operations in disputed regions
After the intervention of the Iraqi military forces in Kirkuk, a disputed area between KRG and Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered the government forces to suspend all military activities in disputed areas.
Iraq PM: referendum results must be “entirely annulled”
“We warned them [the KRG] not to hold the poll, but to no avail,” he said.
Independence put on hold
ollowing the independence referendum in Northern Iraq, the KRG had been subject to political and economic sanctions from regional and international actors.