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Supporters of incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani wave national flags in front of a screen displaying his portrait as they celebrate following the announcement of preliminary election results in Baghdad on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Yeni Irak hükümeti ABD-İran çekişmesini nasıl etkileyecek?

Milyonlarca Iraklının oy kullandığı seçimlerin ardından yeni hükümetin kurulması aylar sürebilir.

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Yazar: Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Demonstrators gather outside the thermal power station in Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province to demand the construction of a new station for their region, to allow the province to deal with the chronic power cuts and palliate electricity outage that weight on the daily life, on Sept. 4, 2024.

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Türkiye 70 milyon dolar borcu olan Irak’a elektrik tedarikini kesti

Irak’ın elektrik sıkıntısı çektiği yaz döneminin yaklaştığı ve Kürtlerle petrol anlaşmazlıklarının sürdüğü bir ortamda, Türkiye birikmiş alacakları nedeniyle Irak’a elektrik tedarikini durdurdu.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

A picture taken on Oct. 17, 2017, shows excess flammable gasses burning from gas flares at the Havana oil field, west of the multiethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

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Irak Türkiye'den ek tazminat istiyor, Kürtlerin boru hattını engellemekle suçlanıyor

Petrol gelirleri üzerindeki anlaşmazlıklar ve Türkiye’den tazminat talepleri devam ederken Irak Kürdistanı’ndan Ceyhan’a uzanan boru hattı bir türlü açılamıyor.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Ocalan

Türkiye’deki barış girişimine Iraklı Kürtlerden yardım eli

PKK lideri Öcalan’ın uzun zamandır beklenen barış çağrısını şubat sonu veya mart başında yapması bekleniyor.

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Tarihi buluşma: Barzani’nin SDG lideri ile görüşmesi bekleniyor

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander-in-chief Mazloum Kobane waves after giving a press conference in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on Dec. 6, 2024.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

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Suriye'deki değişim Irak’ı ABD askerlerini göndermekten vazgeçirecek mi?

US army soldiers queue to board a plane to begin their journey home out of Iraq from the Ain al-Asad Air Base west of the capital, Baghdad, on Nov. 1, 2011.

Amberin Zaman

Yazar: Amberin Zaman

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Ermenistan ve Irak’ta kimlik mücadeleleri: Ezidi mi Kürt mü?

Women worshippers stand at the altar, they pray and tie knots in pieces of cloth that represent their wishes, during their visit to the new Yazidi Temple in the village of Aknalich, 35 kilometres from the Armenian capital Yerevan, on October 11, 2019.

El Hol sonrası hayat: IŞİD saflarından dönen kadınların yaşam mücadelesi

The Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in Syria holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (ISIS) fighters and others, Hasakeh governorate, Aug. 26, 2022.

Amberin Zaman

Chief Correspondent

Reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Smoke trails are seen as rockets are launched towards Israel from the northern Gaza Strip July 13, 2014. Thousands fled their homes in a Gaza town on Sunday after Israel warned them to leave ahead of threatened attacks on rocket-launching sites, on the sixth day of an offensive that Palestinian officials said has killed at least 160 people. Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip kept up rockets salvoes deep into the Jewish state and the worst bout of Israel-Palestinian bloodshed in two years showed no sign

İran Hamas’ın roket kapasitesini artırıyor

ABD Kongresi İran’la nükleer görüşmelerin uzatılmasına kuşkuyla bakıyor. İran’ın Gazze’de parmağı var. Mısır’la Hamas arasındaki husumet ateşkesi engelliyor. İslam Devleti, Musul’daki Türk konsolosluğunu karargâh olarak kullanıyor. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

İsrail Gazze’de kızışan durumun maliyetini hesaplıyor

Savaşın en büyük bedelini Gazze halkı öderken, İsrail Hamas’a dair seçeneklerini değerlendiriyor. Al-Monitor’un Iraklı liderlerle mülakatları ve unutulan Suriye savaşı, haftanın öne çıkan diğer konuları. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city, Mosul, according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5, 2014, in this still image taken from video. There had previously been reports on social media that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi would make his first public appearance since his Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) changed its name to the Islamic S

Ebu Bekir El Bağdadi kimdir?

İslam Devleti lideri Ebu Bekir El Bağdadi’nin Afganistan’da geçirdiği yıllara dair ayrıntılar ortaya çıktı. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Smoke and flames are seen following what witnesses said was an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip July 11, 2014. Israel pressed on for a fourth day with its Gaza offensive on Friday, striking the Hamas-dominated enclave from air and sea, as Palestinian militants kept up rocket attacks deep into the Jewish state. At least 79 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the offensive, which Israel says it launched to end persistent rocket attacks on its civilian population, s

Gazze krizi küresel cihada yarar sağlıyor

Arap devletleri Gazze’ye müdahale etmek için pek çaba sarf etmezken, militan cihatçılık bölgede yayılmaya devam ediyor. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. Militant Islamist fighters held a parade in Syria's northern Raqqa province to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic "caliphate" after the group captured territory in neighbouring Iraq, a monitoring service said. The Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot previously known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), posted pictures online on Sunday of people waving black flags

ABD ile İran arasındaki güvenlik iş birliği Irak’ı kurtarabilir

Irak’ta Şiilerle Sünniler arasında yaşanan bölünme, tüm bölgeyi istikrarsızlaştıran topyekûn bir mezhep savaşına dönüşmeden Tahran ve Washington bu krizi yönetmek için birlikte harekete geçmeli. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Youths wave Kurdish and Syrian opposition flags from the top of a building during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kobani near Aleppo July 3, 2012. Picture taken July 3, 2012. REUTERS/Shaam News Network/Handout (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR34KQ3

Rojava’yı boğma hamlesi

Rojava’nın en zayıf halkası Kobani Kantonu’na üç koldan saldıran İD’in hedefi Kürt özerk bölgesini boğmak. Kobani düşerse İD Türkiye sınırında üçüncü kapıyı ele geçirmiş olacak.

Masked Sunni gunmen pray during a patrol outside the city of Falluja April 23, 2014. Government forces are fighting rebellious Sunni tribes and an al-Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in western Anbar province. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3MDCC

İslam Devleti’ne karşı zaferin anahtarı Felluce’de

Ebu Bekir El Bağdadi’ye bağlılık yemini etmeyen Felluce halkı, İslam Devleti’ne karşı direnişe katılabilir. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Search and rescue team members work on one of the scenes of the twin car bomb attacks in the town of Reyhanli of Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 12, 2013. Twin car bombs killed 43 people and wounded many more in a Turkish town near the Syrian border on Saturday and the government said it suspected Syrian involvement. The bombing increased fears that Syria's civil war was dragging in neighbouring states despite renewed diplomatic moves towards ending two years of fighting in which more than

Türkiye’nin kendi cihadistleriyle sınavı

Suriye rejimine karşı açtığı vekâleten savaşı kaybeden Türkiye’nin huzur ve istikrarı şimdi bu ülkeye savaşmaya giden kendi cihadistlerinin potansiyel tehdidi ile yüz yüze.

Iron rods ready for shipment are piled at Israel Shipyards Port in Haifa February 5, 2014. Three years after Syria plunged into violence, Israel is reaping an unlikely economic benefit. Exports from Turkey have begun to flow through Israel and across the Sheikh Hussein Bridge to Jordan and a few Arab neighbours. The trade is growing enough to encourage long-held Israeli hopes that the Jewish state can become a commercial gateway to the Arab world. Picture taken February 5, 2014. To match Insight ISRAEL-TRAD

Ticaret ve güvenlik kaygıları Türkiye ile İsrail'i yakınlaştırıyor

Türkiye-İsrail ilişkilerindeki normalleşme henüz çok uzakta ama bölgedeki gelişmeler iki ülkenin güvenlik ve ekonomik menfaatlerini ortaklaştırıyor. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

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

Bağımsızlık hamlesi Iraklı Kürtleri böldü

Kürdistan Bölgesel Yönetimi Başkanı Mesud Barzani’nin bağımsızlık çağrısı, Irak’taki diğer Kürt siyasilerden tepki aldı. Tepkiler, Kürt devletinin Türkiye’nin vesayetine gireceği endişesine dayanıyor. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Shiite volunteers from Hezbollah Iraq, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), gather together in Baghdad, July 6, 2014. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition should withdraw its support for his bid for a third term and pick another candidate, Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged, amid parliamentary deadlock over the formation of a new government. Maliki has come under mounting pressur

Hizbullah’ın Irak krizine müdahil olması beklenmiyor

Hizbullah’ın Irak’taki Şii mabetlerini İslam Devleti’nden korumak için Irak’a müdahil olabileceği söylense de Lübnanlı siyasiler ve Hizbullah’a yakın kaynaklar bu ihtimali reddediyor. İngilizceden Türkçeye çevrilmiştir.

Turkish trucks and tankers, shuttling between Turkey and Iraq, queue on a road leading to the Habur border gate in southeastern Turkey, before crossing into Iraq with their goods, February 23, 2008. Turkey's exports to Iraq jumped nine percent last year to $2.8 billion and its influence can be felt across northern Iraq in the form of supermarkets, consumer goods, construction firms and traders from all over Turkey. To match feature TURKEY-IRAQ/CONFLICT REUTERS/Fatih Saribas (TURKEY) - RTR1XKEF

Yol aranıyor!

Suriye’den sonra Irak’ta yolların kapanması nedeniyle Türk taşımacılık sektörü alternatif rotalar arıyor.