KRG Is In Serious Trouble! What Is Next?

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has failed to get it right in so many ways. The oil portfolio is a fiasco, the services sector is failing, civil servants are getting more and more frustrated due to months of unpaid salary, and above all the gap between the government and the people is widening incrementally. KRG is …

August 31st 1996, Historical Facts

At the time the Kurdistan Parliament was shared "fifty/fifty" as it was common to refer to the power distribution between Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) MPs and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan MPs. The Speaker of the Parliament was KDP and his Deputy was PUK. The Prime Minister was from the PUK, his Deputy was from the KDP. The Ministers were also equally distributed. The 50/50 phenomenon was so absurd that a local poet charged the political parties of equally distributing the number of prostitutes as well.

PUK Knocks On Baghdad’s Door As It Sees KDP Opening The Door For Turkey

A high ranking delegation from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) is in Baghdad to discuss the Kurdish-Baghdad relations while the president of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) visited Ankara on an official trip. The PUK delegation has made statements indicating that they believe there is a threat on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq emanating from the KDP-Ankara alliance.

Mosul Liberation May Come Too Soon

Over a year ago I wrote about the liberation of Mosul from ISIS, and at the time all indications were that the operation was not going to be an easy one. There was also no known timetable. Today, some changes have taken place, but the reality is that the operations for liberating Mosul may come …

The 25th anniversary of the popular uprising is Not celebrated. Why?

The 5th of March marks the beginning of the popular Kurdish uprising against the government of Saddam Hussein in 1991 after the first Persian Gulf War, Desert Storm. This year the Iraqi Kurdistan region was to celebrate the 25th anniversary, however the fear of yet another popular uprising against the very political parties that the first uprising brought about, has prevented the region from celebration.

Kurdistan Regional Government Issues A Statement Addressing the Current Immigration Crisis

On September 3rd, 2015, the press office of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) issued a statement to address the recent migrant crisis facing the Middle East and Europe. In the statement KRG places the responsibility of protecting Kurds squarely on the governments of Europe and other developed countries. While failing to address the root causes of this wave of migration, the statement asks Kurdish citizens to stay in their own country and to avoid the treacherous and uncertain trip to other countries.

Kurdish Peshmerga Successfully End Operations Around Kirkuk

This evening, local Kirkuk time, the Peshmerga forces in around Kirkuk ended a major attack on ISIS positions with verifiable success. The operation that began a little over 24 hours earlier was a planned push by the Peshmerga to liberate key positions that were deemed essential to the safety of Kirkuk residents and the stability …

Genocide No More

As Armenians around the world commemorate the 100th anniversary of genocide, targeted at their existence based purely on ethnic differences, other parts of the world are boiling with ethnic, racial, and religious hatred at alarming levels. This month, on April 14, Iraqi Kurds also commemorated the Anfal genocide campaign. In Israel, US and some European countries, the official Remembrance Day for the holocaust is between April 7 and May 7.

Introduction to Kurdish Political Parties: History, Ideology and Goals

Introduction to Kurdish Political Parties: History, Ideology and Goals. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)

The Constitutionality of the Popular Mobilization Force

The Popular Mobilization Force (PMF) was formed based on orders from a high Shiite cleric and the constitutionality of its existence is in question. But the Shiite front is not going to give up on the idea because it is a very sexy alternative to having un-labeled militia. Al-Hashd Al-Sha’bi is the Arabic name for …