Baghdad, Erbil reach security, administrative agreement on Sinjar district - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Joe Snell

Joe Snell

Oct 13, 2020

Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (R) welcomes Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Sept. 10, 2020. — SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community, who fled violence between Islamic State (IS) group jihadists and Peshmerga fighters in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, sit in a field near a camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Sharya area some 15 kilometres from the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on May 20, 2015.

Iraq's Yazidis call for autonomy as conflict flares between army, PKK affiliates

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A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. - Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds marched Friday to protest Turkish strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would press an operation against its bases. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Yazidis react to Sinjar accord amid growing KRG-PKK tensions in Iraq

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

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Iraq’s Yazidis appeal to Baghdad for funds to rebuild their native Sinjar

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Iraqi Christians pray during a mass on Christmas Day at St. George Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq December 25, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily - RC292E9455EU

Iraqi minorities concerned about possible US troop withdrawal

Saad Salloum