Iraqi Kurdish officials describe 'different country' after Mosul - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin

Jul 2, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (centre, R) talks with Fuad Hussein (centre,L), chief of staff at the presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government, while accompanied by Kurdish regional foreign relations minister Falah Mustafa Bakir (R) and other officials, at Arbil International Airport June 24, 2014. Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from the political process in Baghdad after their forces took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk. Peshmerga fighters, — US Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Fuad Hussein (L), chief of staff at the presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government, while accompanied by Falah Mustafa Bakir (R), head of the external relations department of the KRG, and other officials, at Erbil airport, June 24, 2014. — REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski

Congress weighs arming Iraqi Kurds

Julian Pecquet

Iraqi Kurdistan Minister Addresses Syria, Refugee Crisis

Andrew Parasiliti

Andrew Parasiliti

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, national security

Kurds divided over blame for loss of Kirkuk

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Iraq's Kurdistan region's President Massoud Barzani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, Iraq July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX3AAQA

Turkey faces Kurdish quandary in Iraq, Syria

Semih Idiz