Kurds

Iraq's Kurds Threaten To Boycott Elections

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — Iraq's Kurds threatened Tuesday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the ne...

Bush Oil Buddies Divvy Up Iraqi Oil, Now Joined By "Liberal Scion" Peter Galbraith

Jackson Williams | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


Jackson Williams

Peter Galbraith, son of the famed economist, is in line to reap $100 million dollars -- maybe more -- from contracts between a Norwegian oil company and the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.

Peter Galbraith, American Adviser To Kurds, Stands To Reap Huge Oil Profits

nytimes.com | JAMES GLANZ and WALTER GIBBS | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


OSLO -- Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Jo...

Rohrabacher To Iraqis: Be More Grateful!

thenation.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ran...

Turkey Jails Teen, Hebun Akkaya, For Attending Protest

GlobalPost | Posted 09.27.2009 | World


DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: If Turkish prosecutors have their way, Hebun Akkaya, a timid 16-year-old with a hesitant manner, could spend seven years in jail f...

Rana Husseini: Jordanian Journalist Who Exposed 'Honor Killings' Tells Story In New Book

WideAngle | Posted 08.28.2009 | World


"Jordan Farmer Kills Sister Over Alleged Affair," read a recent headline from the Agence France-Presse. The 24-year-old man stabbed his sister afte...

Kurdistan PM Barzani Condemns Post-Election Violence

AFP | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Iraqi Kurdistan's prime minister on Monday condemned post-election violence in the autonomous region that left one person dead and 12 injured, as oppo...

Iraq: Kurd-Arab Strife Takes Center Stage

Washington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World


Louis Khno is a city councilman whose city is beyond his control. In his barricaded streets are militiamen -- in baseball caps and jeans, wielding Kal...

The Other Iraq

Jeff Johnson | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Jeff Johnson

This region of Iraq has not seen a coalition casualty in nearly three years and has been able to create a social reality that stands in stark contradiction to the ongoing violence in Baghdad.

History Has Not Yet Judged Bush

James Denselow | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


James Denselow

Certainly Bush's rewriting of his Iraq legacy will be helped by his decision to reverse his earlier policies, abandoning the idealism of the top-down reinvention of Iraq, for reality-based pragmatism.

Selling Confidence in Iraq

Jamal Dajani | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


Jamal Dajani

The upcoming days will be a real test for the Iraqi forces. Now that the United States can take credit for restoring democracy to Iraq, is it sufficiently rooted to survive the US withdrawal?

German Scholar Exposes Turkish Propaganda about Jews

Harut Sassounian | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Harut Sassounian

German scholar Corry Guttstadt exposes the oft-repeated lie that Turkey provided a safe haven to many European Jews during the Holocaust.

Turkish Prime Minister Admits Ethnic Cleansing

Harut Sassounian | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


Harut Sassounian

Erdogan is politically shrewd enough to realize that his condemnation of fascism would resonate at home and in the West, while winning him accolades and support against his powerful domestic opponents.

First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.13.2009 | World


Chris Weigant

America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

Turkey Wedding Party Attack Leaves Many Dead

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


ANKARA, Turkey — Masked assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked an engagement ceremony in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing 45...

Post Turkey: Obama's Challenges and Opportunities in the Muslim World

John L. Esposito | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


John L. Esposito

Obama's performance in Turkey was flawless; he met the expectations of his admirers and won approval from many skeptics.

Turkish President Pays Historic Visit To Iraq, Bomb Blasts Disrupt Trip

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber struck a tent filled Monday with Kurdish funeral mourners, unleashing a huge fireball that killed at least 23 people ...

Iraq - A History Lesson

Jeff Johnson | Posted 04.10.2009 | World


Jeff Johnson

The Kurds have been victims of oppression for two millennium. We must protect the Kurds because Iraq is a giant legacy project for our country, whether we like it or not

Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: American Economic Leadership Recognized Facts: US President Barack Obama made his first address to Americ...

Iraq Faces A New War That Threatens To Complicate Obama's Withdrawal Plans

The Independent | Patrick Cockburn in Mosul | Posted 03.26.2009 | World


A new war is threatening Iraq just as the world believes the country is returning to peace. While violence is dropping in Baghdad and in the south of ...

Iraq's Struggle for Civil Rights

Jeff Johnson | Posted 03.19.2009 | World


Jeff Johnson

We cannot abandon Iraq's minority groups -- most importantly, the Kurds -- to the tender mercies of those who have systematically oppressed them in the past.

What Israel Can Learn From Turkey

GroundReport | Posted 02.09.2009 | World


GroundReport

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism site covering world news at the local level. By Selene Verri Turkey recently conde...

US, Iran Heading Toward A Secret Proxy War? (VIDEO)

Time/Current | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics


Time has a short Current TV documentary by Mariana van Zeller and Darren Foster that fleshes out the current situation on the Iraq-Iran border, and th...

The Surge "Success" Debunked

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


Luis Carlos Montalván

Iraq remains a powder keg. "The Surge" has done little to increase security, a state of civil war remains and regional conflict threatens greater problems for the future.

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said Sunday, two days after rebels killed 15 s...