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FILE PHOTO: Flames emerge from flare stacks at oilfields in Kirkuk, Iraq October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo

Why are Iraq’s Kirkuk oilfields so important?

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November 11, 2018

Iraq's oilfields in the disputed Kirkuk region have taken on new significance after the United States restored oil sanctions against ...

People attend the funeral of a fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces in the northern Syrian town of Kobani. (AFP)

Kurds near Turkey border dread fresh offensive

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November 9, 2018

ASHMA: Chimo Osman’s children stopped going to school after Turkish shelling struck his home in northeastern Syria, where Kurdish residents ...

For the sake of peace, get out of Syria

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October 10, 2018

In his customary deceitful way, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sought to portray Iran as a pleasant country, ready ...

A Kurdish man casts his vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in the semi-autonomous region in Duhok, Iraq September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Ari Jalal

Iraqi Kurds vote in regional election

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September 30, 2018

Kurds voted in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, with the two dominant parties ...

FILE PHOTO: A Syrian refugee man walks in Elbeyli refugee camp near the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis province, Turkey, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Leading candidates in Turkish politics vow to send Syrian refugees home

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June 22, 2018

By Middle East Affairs Responding to growing unease among worried Turks who fear for the economic stability of their country, ...

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