Top diplomats as well as Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi defense and intelligence chiefs are planning to hold a first security ...

This paper provides a historical assessment of the Iraqi judiciary's independence since 1921, focusing on the deviations and ...

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

On several occasions, in fact, members suggested that the whole Commission was unconvinced as to the readiness of Iraq for independence. Thus M. Rappard stated that "none of the members of the ...

Davos Isn’t as Smug or as Cool as It Used to Be Kurds see Iraq as a failed sectarian state, while local leaders promise an independent Kurdish state would be multicultural and democratic.

Iran’s Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif says during a meeting with the Iraqi president that Iran ...

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid has described Iran as an important neighbor of his country, saying the two nations cannot ignore each other.

Iraqi Kurds decisively back independence Independence ... East but they have never obtained a permanent nation state. In Iraq, where they make up an estimated 15-20% of the population of 37 ...

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There was no immediate comment from Iraq's central government, but it has urged Kurds not to hold a referendum. Moves towards outright independence have historically been opposed by the ...