Will unity deal deepen rivalries in Iraqi Kurdistan? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammed A. Salih

Mohammed A. Salih

May 18, 2016

Nawshirwan Mustafa, leader of the Kurdish opposition movement Gorran, holds up his ID card during regional parliamentary elections in the northern Iraqi of province Sulaimaniyah April 30, 2014. — REUTERS/Yahya Ahmad

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Iraq's Kurdistan region's President Massoud Barzani speaks during a news conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Erbil, Iraq December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX1XPSR

How new alliance among Iraq's Kurds might actually deepen divisions

Mohammed A. Salih

Mohammed A. Salih

Iraq's then Vice President Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in this file photo taken November 29, 2014. The U.S. and Iran have formed an unlikely tacit alliance behind Iraq's prime minister as he challenges the ruling elite with plans for a non-political cabinet to fight corruption undermining the OPEC nation's economic and political stability. Local calls for Haider al-Abadi's removal -- including one by his predecessor as prime minister al-Maliki -- had been growing as he pursued

Maliki’s visit to Sulaimaniyah deepens split among Iraq's Kurds

Ibrahim Malazada

Ibrahim Malazada

A woman hails a taxi while standing under Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) logos before Iraq's parliamentary elections in Sulaimaniya April 28, 2014. Picture taken April 28, 2014. To match IRAQ-ELECTION/KURDS REUTERS/Jacob Russell (IRAQ - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - RTR3N0GY

Push for Kurdish independence divides Iraqi Kurds

Kamal Chomani

New Kurdish Prime Minister Bahram Salih takes an oath after his election by parliament to take office, in Abril, 310 km (190 miles north of Baghdad October 28, 2009. After Kurdish parliamentary elections in July that kept the region's two major parties in power, Kurdish lawmakers have picked Iraq's former deputy prime minister, Barham Salih, to head the new government. Analysts say the move may bring a more cordial tone to tense ties between Kurds and majority Arabs in Baghdad. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (IRAQ

Why Barham Salih isn't Iraq's new president

Cengiz Candar