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Week in Review

Week in Review

Eki 15, 2017

Iraq's Kurdish Regional Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani prays in front of the coffin of former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani at Sulaimaniya Airport, Iraq October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed - RC19229B2540 — Irak Kürdistanı Başbakanı Neçirvan Barzani eski Irak Cumhurbaşkanı Celal Talabani’nin naaşı önünde dua ederken, Süleymaniye Havaalanı, Irak 6 Ekim 2017 — REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Turkish armoured military vehicles patrol on the Turkish-Syrian border line in Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey, October 8, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RC19C08D1DE0

Will new tribal council ease Turkey's load in Syria?

Khaled al-Khateb

Khaled al-Khateb

Iraqi SWAT troopers stand guard on a street during Kurds independence referendum in Kirkuk, Iraq September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RC1949AF51F0

Kirkuk residents face uncertainty amid referendum crisis

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

A member of the Iraqi Kurdish security forces stands guard next to the car of Mohammed Younis, a senior official of Iraq's state-run North Gas Company (NGC) who was killed by gunmen, in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, Iraq, May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1FC8168D00

Kirkuk teetering on brink of war

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

Fazel Hawramy (Iraq Pulse)

A boy sells Iraqi flags on a street in Kirkuk, Iraq October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed - RC13D638D300

Kurds lose, but that doesn't mean Turkey's a winner

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics