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Kurdistan Region oil export suspension halts $6 billion debt repayment to traders
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Kurdistan Region oil export suspension halts $6 billion debt repayment to traders

A suspension of Kurdistan's oil exports has halted repayments via crude cargoes of $6 billion owed to energy traders including Vitol and Petraco by the semi-autonomous Iraqi region, trading sources told Reuters.

2023/03/31
Erdogan blamed top court judges for removing freeze on HDP funds- report
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Erdogan blamed top court judges for removing freeze on HDP funds- report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze on state funds allocated to the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Dem...

2023/03/31
Survey says Turkey earthquakes changed political party affiliation for one-quarter
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Survey says Turkey earthquakes changed political party affiliation for one-quarter

One out of every four people in Turkey has changed their political party preference following two powerful earthquakes that hit the country in February, claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people, according to the res...

2023/03/31
Barzani’s tribal tactics, insecurity backfiring on international stage / Michael Rubin
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Barzani’s tribal tactics, insecurity backfiring on international stage / Michael Rubin

It has been a bad month for Iraqi Kurdistan. First, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce found against Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani’s nephew to the tune of $1.65 billion.

2023/03/30
What is Left of Kurdish Unity in Iraq? / Feyzullah Tuna Aygun
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What is Left of Kurdish Unity in Iraq? / Feyzullah Tuna Aygun

Northern revolts by the Kurdish population in Iraq during 1991 (with US encouragement) eventually led to the formation of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

2023/03/30
US State Department report lashes out at Iraqi Kurdish leaders
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US State Department report lashes out at Iraqi Kurdish leaders

The US State Department has accused the leaders of the two ruling parties in the Kurdistan Region of influencing the judicial system, suppressing opponents and critics, and forming separate security and military institut...

2023/03/25
Turkish jets hit PKK positions in Kurdistan Region
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Turkish jets hit PKK positions in Kurdistan Region

Turkish warplanes bombed the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions north of the governorate on Friday.

2023/03/25
Iraqi Kurdistan’s house of cards is collapsing
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Iraqi Kurdistan’s house of cards is collapsing

The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.

2023/03/25
America’s language problem in the Middle East signals a bigger quandary / Dov S.Zakheim
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America’s language problem in the Middle East signals a bigger quandary / Dov S.Zakheim

Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, a Persian New Year, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, Monday, March 20, 2023. The Kurdish in Iraq region won de facto self-rule in 1991 when the United States imposed a no-fly zone over it in response...

2023/03/24
Masoud Barzani calls for implementing Sinjar agreement
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Masoud Barzani calls for implementing Sinjar agreement

Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani on Saturday called for the full implementation of the Sinjar Agreement and the removal of non-compliant forces from the district.

2023/03/12