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Falih Alfayyadh | Twitter, @FalihAlfayyadh

Haider al-Abadi abruptly fires Iraq’s national security adviser

News + Intel Sep 03
A Russian delegation (left) meets with President Masoud Barzani and an accompanying delegation in Erbil on August 30, 2018. | Masoud Barzani office

Iraqi-Kurdistan’s President meets with Russian officials to discuss the region’s future

Politics Sep 03
Detail of a glazed terracotta tile from Nimrud, Iraq. The Assyrian king, below a parasol, is surrounded by guards and attendants. 875-850 BC. | The British Museum

Large grant given to Kurdistan for artifact preservation by United Kingdom

Culture Aug 31
Portrait of Mike Pompeo, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. | By Office of the President-elect, via Wikimedia Commons

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discusses Iraq’s future with Kurdistan’s president

News + Intel Aug 31
President of France Emmanuel Macron. | Kremlin

French President Macron claims that President Erdogan’s Turkey is ‘deplorable’

News + Intel Aug 30
Mr. Idriss Jazairy, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures. | U.N.

United Nations Special Rapporteur claims that sanctions on Iran are illegitimate

Politics Aug 30
President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order in Bedminster, New Jersey, entitled “Reimposing Certain Sanctions with Respect to Iran.” | Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead

Iran threatens to block oil shipments in the Persian Gulf in response to sanctions

Foreign Policy Aug 29
Hassan Nasrallah | Hezbollah

Hezbollah leader claims that United States will ‘sell out’ Syrian Kurds

News + Intel Aug 29
Peshmerga soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 1st Regional Guard Brigade, stand in formation during the Modern Brigade Course 2 graduation ceremony at the Menila Training Center, Iraq, July 28, 2016. Representatives from the U.S. Army, which provided equipment, and the Coalition trainers who taught the course attended the graduation to show their support for the battalion. The building partner capacity mission aims to increase the security capacity of local forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. | U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kalie Jones

Turkmen Front leaders rejects the notion of Peshmerga returning to Kirkuk

News + Intel Aug 28
The flag of the Popular Mobilization Units; an Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization composed of some 40, mainly Shiite, militias. | Wikimedia Commons

Iraqi Prime minister addresses concerns about Hashd al-Shaabi

Military Aug 28
In this Saturday, July 28, photo, dead trees tower over the area of Siba in Basra, 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq, historically known as The Land Between The Two Rivers, is struggling with the scarcity of water due to dams in Turkey and Iran, lack of rain and aging hydrological infrastructure. The decreased water levels have greatly affected agriculture and animal resources. | AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani

Hundreds hospitalized because of contaminated drinking water in Basra

News + Intel Aug 27
Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov at award ceremony. Moscow, Kremlin. 21 May 2015. | Kremlin.ru [CC BY 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Russia looks to improve relations with Turkey

News + Intel Aug 27
Tuz Khurmatu town is the main center of the Tuz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles southeast of Kirkuk. The population is mostly Turkoman with significant Kurd and Arab minorities. The name of the city is Turkoman, meaning, "dusty date palm hills." | Wikimapia

Mortar attack near Kirkuk pits residents against each other as blame shifts to PMU

News + Intel Aug 26
Image captured from IS propaganda.

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi releases new recording calling for jihad

News + Intel Aug 25
Bazaar in Kirkuk's city center. | By Levi Clancy [CC BY-SA 4.0], from Wikimedia Commons

Residents fight back against Iraq’s efforts to re-Arabize Kirkuk

News + Intel Aug 24
Zeki Shingali was born in 1952 in the Kurdish city of Batman and was a member of the PKK. | DW, via Kurdistan 24

Iraq condemns Turkish airstrike on PKK commander

Military Aug 24
The Anadolu Agency logo in front of the company's headquarters | Anadolu Agency

Turkish state run media leaks classified information on US military bases in Syria

Military Aug 19
Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, transition out of the water during a simulated underwater assault force night-raid in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 3, 2015. Training such as this is conducted to meet Special Operations Forces dive requirements and to enhance the understanding, planning and operational considerations when working in a joint operational environment with both special operations and conventional Marine Corps forces. 1st Marine Raider Battalion is organized, trained and equipped to deploy for worldwide missions as directed by MARSOC in support of their regionally-aligned Theater Special Operations Command. | U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott A Achtemeier

Two Special Operations Marines receive awards for actions in Africa gunfight

Military Aug 18
Istanbul skyline. | By Ben Morlok [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Tourism skyrockets as Turkey’s financial crisis worsens

Finance Aug 17
A long line of civilian trucks wait to be inspected by U.S. Soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard prior to a convoy escort mission into Iraq, Jan. 21, 2010. The primary unit conducting this mission is the 2nd Battalion, 300th Field Artillery Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard, currently serving at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, under the Wyoming Guard's 115th Fires Brigade. | U.S. Army Photo by Brandon Quester

Turkey and Iraq discuss water, security, and economic issues

News + Intel Aug 17