Iraqi Kurdistan – Page 7 – The Defense Post

Feb- 2019 -

21 February

Peshmerga soldiers practice urban room clearing during training at Bneslawa, Iraq

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Iraqi army and Peshmerga survey disputed territories ahead of joint operations

The KRG Peshmerga and Iraqi Army began surveying areas of Iraq’s disputed territories in preparation for joint operations more than a year after relations broke down

Oct- 2018 -

11 October

Middle East

Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) train

Joanne Stocker

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Iraq and Kurdistan Region security forces arrest ISIS financial network members

Iraq's Special Operations Forces arrested members of the al-Rawi network, an Islamic State financial facilitation group, CJTF-OIR said

Sep- 2018 -

13 September

Middle East

KDPI HQ in Koya after IRGC missile strike

Staff Writer With AFP

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Iran says missile strike on Kurdish rebels was a warning to ‘arrogant’ foreign powers

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a missile strike on a Kurdish rebel base in Iraq should serve as a warning to "arrogant foreign powers"

Aug- 2018 -

15 August

Middle East

Joanne Stocker

PKK leader in Sinjar killed in Turkish airstrike

Turkey carried out an operation in the Sinjar area of northern Iraq, which the armed forces said killed PKK leader Zeki Shingali

Jun- 2018 -

11 June

Middle East

Joanne Stocker

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Turkish military launches operations against PKK in Iraq’s Qandil and Sinjar, Erdogan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Qandil and Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan had begun

7 June

Commentary

Diliman Abdulkader

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Turkey’s thirst for power threatens water war with Iraq

Iraq, including Kurdistan, relies on the Euphrates and Tigris for 98 percent of its water. Hydroelectric dam building in Turkey is blamed for a 40 percent drop in water levels

Jan- 2018 -

31 January

Commentary

Opinion Editor

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The bankruptcy of American and Coalition diplomacy in Syria and Iraq

US decisions to arm the Kurds in Syria and Iraq at the expense of relations with Turkey and Iraq is another sign of waning influence

15 January

Middle East

Wladimir Van Wilgenburg

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Iran’s Kurds avoid full-blown insurgency against Tehran

Iranian Kurds aren't planning an armed uprising yet, but fear retaliation from Tehran after supporting anti-government protests in Iran

Oct- 2017 -

30 October

Land

Fishkhabur Simalka border crossing pontoon bridge

Joanne Stocker

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Coalition not ‘directly involved’ in Fishkhabur border negotiations

The U.S.-led Coalition against ISIS is not controlling the Fishkhabur border crossing between Iraq and Syria and was not involved in talks between Iraq and Kurdish Peshmerga

27 October

Land