Iraqi Kurdistan
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May- 2019 -15 MayMiddle East
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave Baghdad and Erbil missions
The US State Department ordered a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and consulate in Erbil amid increased tensions with Iran
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Mar- 2019 -12 MarchMiddle East
Iraq’s PUK Peshmerga willing to help Syrian Kurdish forces if Turkey attacks
A senior Iraqi Kurdistan PUK Peshmerga official said his party is willing to provide material aid to the YPG in northern Syria if they are attacked by Turkey
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Feb- 2019 -21 FebruaryMiddle East
Iraqi army and Peshmerga survey disputed territories ahead of joint operations
The KRG Peshmerga and Iraqi Army began surveying areas of Iraq’s disputed territories in preparation for joint operations more than a year after relations broke down
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Oct- 2018 -11 OctoberMiddle East
Iraq and Kurdistan Region security forces arrest ISIS financial network members
Iraq's Special Operations Forces arrested members of the al-Rawi network, an Islamic State financial facilitation group, CJTF-OIR said
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Sep- 2018 -13 SeptemberMiddle East
Iran says missile strike on Kurdish rebels was a warning to ‘arrogant’ foreign powers
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a missile strike on a Kurdish rebel base in Iraq should serve as a warning to "arrogant foreign powers"
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Aug- 2018 -15 AugustMiddle East
PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike
Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali
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Jun- 2018 -11 JuneMiddle East
Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun
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7 JuneCommentary
Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq
Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels
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Jan- 2018 -31 JanuaryCommentary
The bankruptcy of American and Coalition diplomacy in Syria and Iraq
US decisions to arm the Kurds in Syria and Iraq at the expense of relations with Turkey and Iraq is another sign of waning influence
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15 JanuaryMiddle East
Iran’s Kurds avoid full-blown insurgency against Tehran
Iranian Kurds aren't planning an armed uprising yet, but fear retaliation from Tehran after supporting anti-government protests in Iran
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