Yazidi PMU Fighters Face Uncertainty in the KRG
Lalish Battalion, Yazidi PMU Iraq’s Yazidi community remains deeply traumatized by the genocide...
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“Nujaifi, Erdogan, and Abadi All Walk Into a Bar…”
In Ankara’s pursuit of greater influence in Kirkuk and Mosul, Turkish support has inflated a...
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Reform Policies and Reality Tests
Many countries often go through different types of political, security, economic or social crises...
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Can Iraqi Campuses Remain Politics Free During Election Season?
Over the past six weeks, two incidents involving politicians visiting Iraqi university campuses...
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Do Iraqis Need to Reconcile with the Sunni Sheikhs of Amman?
Ever since ISIS stormed Mosul in the summer 2014 and swept across swathes of Iraqi towns and...
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Democracy and the Iraqi Collective
It has been a long journey, full of pain and sacrifice, but Iraqi forces are on the precipice of...
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The Geneva Conference: Last Stand for Exiled Sunnis
Iraqi Sunni politicians gathered in Switzerland last week for yet another conference that was...
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The Dangers of Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Violent Demonstrations
The Sadrist demonstrations have become a staple of Friday afternoons in Baghdad’s Tahrir...
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PUK Lobbying in D.C. Threatens Party Gains in Baghdad
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is a divided party. There are two spheres of influence...
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What do Iraqis expect from President Trump?
The unexpected election of Donald Trump invoked a largely subdued response from Iraqis. Over the...
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