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Posts Tagged: Iraqi Kurdistan

Baghdad looks to Kurds to stem jihadist encroachment

June 11, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

A rebel fighter guards a street to prevent members of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from entering Jabal al-Zawiya in Idlib

But longstanding tensions between Kurdistan and the Iraqi central government may yet hinder security cooperation.

Iraqi Kurd vote could cement autonomy, inspire diaspora

September 20, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

A traffic police dips her finger in ink during early voting in regional parliamentary elections in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk, September 19, 2013.

If, as expected, the Kurdistan Democratic Party triumphs, the win will cement the regional government’s autonomy.