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Extremism in Iraq, explained

July 2, 2024 by Lara Vergnaud in Middle East.

Iraqis who have fled recent fighting in the cities of Mosul and Tal Afar try to enter a temporary displacement camp but are blocked by Kurdish soldiers on July 2, 2024 in Khazair, Iraq.

The situation in Iraq is worsening, what with Sunni militants declaring their own expansive Islamic “caliphate” this week.

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.