The most recent parliamentary elections highlighted the rifts between the two dominant parties, the KDP and PUK.
The most recent parliamentary elections highlighted the rifts between the two dominant parties, the KDP and PUK.
When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses weren’t activated when they were attacked.
For survivors in the community, the prospect of going home is disappearing because of political inaction.
Türkiye is raising the heat on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, denouncing its ties with the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The issue of unifying Kurdish military forces has been on the Kurdish region’s public agenda since 1991. Seventeen years later, the various peshmerga forces remain divided along partisan lines.
Modern jihadist organizations have taken advantage of continued instability to make themselves into territorialized organizations which frequently cross established state borders, such as the Islamic State.