Thursday, 18 April , 2024

Kirkuk

Clean Break II: Iran Hawks Decide to Burn It All Down

by Derek Davison and Jim Lobe The 20th century was rife with partitions, many of them involving European powers carving up colonial possessions in Africa...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Leads US President Trump to War...

Can Generals James Mattis (US Secretary of Defense) and John Hyten (Head of US Strategic Command) Prevent a Disaster? 10.26.2017 Introduction Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and...

Seizing Kirkuk

by Patrick Cockburn Elite Iraqi security forces have captured the Kurdish government headquarters buildings in the centre of Kirkuk with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordering the...

Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance

By Maher Chmaytelli, Mustafa Mahmoud BAGHDAD/KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government forces captured the major Kurdish-held oil city of Kirkuk on Monday, responding to a...