Efforts to reform the Iraqi Kurdish security forces known as the Peshmerga are at serious risk of failing. Tensions between the ruling parties of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region are not new, but the working relationship between the leaders of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has collapsed over the past year. As a result, officials within the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs are no longer capable of preventing the politics of partisan self-interest from consuming the reform project. The prospects for the depoliticization and unification of the Peshmerga have rarely seemed more remote.
The Islamic Republic of Iran over several years has gained a significant foothold in Iraq, spreading its influence and agenda throughout Iraqi daily life.
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By John Lee. Share in Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) were trading up nearly 7 percent this morning (Wednesday), follow a fall that saw the shares down 25 percent at one point yesterday. In an operational and corporate update, the company said it has, "commenced local sales in July and partially restarted Shaikan Field production, increasing
Marking 9 years since they were driven out of their homeland Sinjar in Iraq by the terrorist group Daesh, the Yazidi community now faces the obstacle of.