Armed Kurdish groups want disputed territory back in Iraq - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Wassim Bassem

Wassim Bassem

Jan 10, 2018

A military vehicle of Iraqi security forces is seen at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq November 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed - RC16C3294970 — A military vehicle of Iraqi security forces is seen at the site of a suicide bomb attack, Kirkuk, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2017. — REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

An Iraqi solider stands guard near a F-16 fighter jet during an official ceremony to receive four of these aircrafts from the U.S., at a military base in Balad, Iraq, July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RTX1L2B2

Kurds concerned about Baghdad's increasing military prowess

Mohammed A. Salih

Mohammed A. Salih

Kurdish peshmerga forces stand in the street after Yazidi people loot houses in the town of Sinjar, Iraq November 16, 2015. Before it was overrun by Islamic State, Sinjar and the surrounding villages were home to about 200,000 people, mainly Kurdish and Arab Muslims - both Sunni and Shi'ite - as well as Christians and Yazidis, a faith that combines elements of several ancient Middle Eastern religions. Now the town is largely deserted. But in a row of houses used by Islamic State fighters, there were signs o

Arab-Kurd conflict heats up after Tuz Khormato incidents

Adnan Abu Zeed

Kurdish Peshmarga forces are seen near Altun Kupri, between Kirkuk and Erbil, Iraq October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC18B4882C00

How Iran is winning game of chess in Kirkuk

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iran Pulse)

Kurdistan referendum leaves Iraq's Turkmens in quandary

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics