KRG Cabinet Formation Deadlocked as KDP-PUK Talks Yield No Progress
The third top-level meeting between KDP Deputy Masrour Barzani and PUK President Bafel Talabani yesterday, along with a subsequent, more…
Masrour Barzani and Bafel Talabani Meet to Advance KRG Cabinet Formation
KDP deputy president Masrour Barzani and PUK president Bafel Talabani met in Sulaimani to discuss ways to advance ongoing negotiations…
Fractured and Exposed: Iraq’s Shiite House Heads Into High-Stakes Elections
Iraq is heading toward critical parliamentary elections on November 11, 2025, at a moment of extraordinary internal and regional turbulence.…
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Syrian Kurdish Factions Adopt Decentralization Framework While Deferring Delegation Selection
The Syrian Kurdish unity conference was held in the city of Qamishli in northeast Syria. The event lasted around four hours, and in its final declaration, it adopted “decentralization” as…
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Northeast Syria’s SDF-Led Authorities Pursue Triple Negotiation Strategy with Damascus
The Syrian Kurdish national unity conference is scheduled to take place tomorrow. The conference — months in the making, with extensive Western involvement, particularly from the United States and France…
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PUK Reshuffles Party Amid Factional Resurgence and Movement of Disgruntled Leaders
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the second-largest political party in the Kurdistan Region, is currently holding its second internal forum, which began yesterday and continues today. The forum is…
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Is Erbil Becoming the Cultural Frontline of the Abrahamic Accord?
Today, the Kurdistan National Prayer Breakfast is taking place in Erbil, scheduled to last three days. The event brings together not only the three top Barzani figures in Erbil but…
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Historic Syrian Kurdish Unity Conference Rescheduled for April 26
The commander of the SDF and the de facto leader of Kurdish-led Northeast Syria has set a new date of the 26th of April for the much-anticipated Syrian Kurdish unity…
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What Are the Points of Contention Preventing the Resumption of KRG Oil Exports?
Despite the Iraqi oil minister repeatedly stating over the past two months that the resumption of KRG oil exports is imminent, significant gaps remain between the federal government, the Kurdistan…
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US Military To Withdraw Entirely from SDF-held Oil-Rich Deir Ezzor Province
Following a tentative agreement reached last month between the Damascus-based government and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with the knowledge of the United States and Turkey, US troops are reportedly…
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