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This is part of a wider rift between Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Syrian Kurdish forces, the latter divided among themselves. The KRG closed two border…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267220
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Differences between the two main Kurdish parties, the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have been exacerbated by a power vacuum since the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272153
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Long-time Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani and new Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) chief Bafel Talabani discussed how to form a common front over…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265585
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Between deepening internal divisions, increased foreign pressure and a stark economic crisis, the semi-autonomy of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is facing its most severe…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282383
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IRAQ: Kurdistan’s second party will struggle for unity
Barzani arrived in Baghdad less than a week after his cabinet was ratified. All portfolios except the KRG oil ministry are now filled after months of deadlock.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245330
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IRAQ: Economic woes may destabilise Kurdistan region
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES258076
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Tensions have risen over the past year between the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), due to disagreements over the electoral law…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280955
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IRAQ: Kurdish parties may clash over Turkish strikes
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES252051
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The advent of the new federal prime minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, himself a former journalist, brought a temporary lull, but deadly partisanship is now returning to the media…