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Detailed Analysis: KRG Oil Field Production and Revenue
According to a new report by the Runbeen Organization, which monitors transparency in the Kurdistan Region’s oil sector, currently, eight oil fields in the Kurdistan Region are actively producing oil,…
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Salary Payment Status in the Kurdistan Region (2015–2025)
Public employees in the Kurdistan Region have now gone two months without pay due to the ongoing financial dispute with the Iraqi government. However, the salary crisis in the Region…
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Damascus Church Bombing Sparks Blame Game Between Syrian Government and SDF Over al-Hol Camp
The Syrian government has accused perpetrators of the deadly Damascus church bombing of originating from the SDF-controlled al-Hol camp, prompting a sharp rebuttal from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which…
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Iraq’s Q1 2025 Budget: Spending Rises 12%, Oil Revenues Fall, Deficit Hits 891 Billion Dinars
Iraq’s Ministry of Finance has released its financial report for the first quarter of 2025, revealing a rise in government spending, a drop in total revenue, and an even greater…
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Map of Iranian Kurdish Groups’ Camps and Military Outposts in the Kurdistan Region
Map of Iranian Kurdish Groups’ Camps and Military Outposts in the Kurdistan Region – Status as of June 2025: PJAK is based in the mountainous areas along the Iranian border.…
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Power Struggle Paralyzes Iraq’s Federal Court, Threatening November Elections
The Iraqi Federal Court’s escalating crisis, amid a deepening power struggle within the judicial authorities, now threatens the parliamentary elections scheduled for November. The reason is simple but critical: the…
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Ranking Iran’s Kurdish Opposition: Strategic Depth, Networks, and Potential
None of the Iranian Kurdish factions commands large fighting forces, so their comparative strength is not measured in numbers alone. Rather, the defining metric is strategic depth – encompassing geographic…
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Inside the Strategic Competition Between Turkey and Israel: How One Kurdish Group May Prove Decisive
A day after Israel launched its war on Iran, Turkish nationalist leader and Erdoğan ally Devlet Bahçeli issued a stark warning: “Israel’s political and strategic goal is to encircle Anatolia.…
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Iran Issues Stern Warning to KDP and PUK, Fearing IDF-Coordinated Kurdish Militants on Its Western Flank
Following Israel’s military strikes on Iran, Iranian officials have conveyed stern warnings in phone calls to both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), cautioning…
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Mass Resignations Shake Iraq’s Federal Court Amid Iran–Israel War Fallout
Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has been rocked by mass resignations at a time of escalating regional instability driven by the Iran–Israel war. Nine out of the court’s 14 members—six permanent…
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