Iraqi government refused to recognize contracts of foreign Oil companies operating in Kurdistan

Article from: “Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports ” by Timothy Williams on NYTimes October 12, 2009 | Photo: Azad Lashkari/Reuters The semi autonomous Kurdish region has reopened a rift with the central government after announcing that it had halted all petroleum exports from Kurdistan until Baghdad pays the international companies that are pumping oil in the

Kurdish-Arab relations in Iraq under critical moments

By Michael Knights | Monday, October 12, 2009 | in Lebanon Daily Star The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Parliament elected in July convened for the first time on August 20, ushering in a new political era in Iraqi Kurdistan. While the bloc including the long-dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)

The US is failing Iraq's Kurds

In The Guardian, Tuesday 31 March 2009 12.17 BST Tensions between Baghdad and Kurdistan are on the rise. An attack on a Kurdish funeral that killed 30 in the disputed territory of Khanaqin provided a stark reminder to President Obama that all will not be well until the US plays peacemaker between age-old enemies, Arab

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Turkey pulls out troops of Iraqi Kurdistan but says more raids possible

In The Guardian, Saturday 1 March 2008 | Photo: Mustafa Ozer/AFP Turkey yesterday withdrew thousands of its troops from northern Iraq after an eight-day operation to hunt down and wipe out Kurdish guerrilla forces, calming fears of wider regional instability. Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, confirmed that the first big Turkish cross-border ground offensive in

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