Kurdistan Democratic Party

October 22, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Kurdistan regional elections mark a step forward for Iraq’s stability

Elections in the Kurdistan region are important because they provide a beacon of democracy for the region.

December 18, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraq heads to provincial elections, first in ten years

Today Iraq is trying to put some of its past behind it.

October 28, 2022 |

Iraqi Parliament Approves New National Unity Cabinet

The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved the “national unity” cabinet of Prime Minister Mohamed al-Sudani. While Sudani presented his 23-minister cabinet as a harmonious team of technocrats, the appointment of holdovers and new figures suggests that his government is not a coherent bloc but a gathering of competing powers. The development comes a year after Iraqis voted out incumbents and their power-sharing arrangements.

July 15, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Biden should not pass up chance to reengage Iraq

After Iraqi politicians threw a wrench into their state, putting self before country, the trip of President Joe Biden to Saudi Arabia offers Iraqis a chance to make things right. And by the same token it...

July 7, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Iran has Iraq’s Kurds in its crosshairs

After decimating Iraq’s Sunnis during years of political and military conquest, Iran and its Iraqi militias have now set their sights on Iraqi Kurdistan, harassing its government, targeting its energy...

June 2, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Iraq Attacks Israel; What Should Happen Next?

On May 26, Iraq approved a poorly thought out authoritarian law; its implications will hurt Iraqis in the diaspora, Iraqis in Iraq, and the Iraqi economy. The law criminalizes non-existent ties with Israel,...

April 1, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Even when they fail to win, Iran’s Iraqi loyalists refuse to lose

Iran has therefore changed its narrative from demanding the “Shia share” to insisting on “national unity,” which means giving Iran’s tiny minority veto power or live with a shutdown state.

January 12, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Iraq election drubbing leaves Iran scrambling to save its militias

Amid the theatrics and walkouts, the meeting illustrated the magnitude of the defeat suffered by the parties loyal to the Iranian regime in the fourth election since the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

October 22, 2021 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Iraqi election results confirm Iran’s unpopularity

Iraqi voters this month made it clear they have had enough of Iran’s violent interference in the country’s politics. Under the direction of Tehran’s Quds Force — the external operations arm of its...

September 19, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Criminal regimes against the rest of us

Imagine you live in a nice, quiet town and aim to keep it that way. You own a business. Your customers are friendly. Your vendors are honest. People respect o...

March 16, 2018 | Romany Shaker

Iraq’s 2018 Budget Deadlock Deepens Tensions Ahead of Elections

On March 3, the Iraqi Parliament adopted...

November 8, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Merve Tahiroglu

Kurd Your Enthusiasm

On October 16, the world woke to footage of the Iraqi army barreling toward Kirkuk, several hundred miles n...

April 27, 2017 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Airstrikes Complicate Campaign against IS

Turkish jets carried out airstrikes Tuesday and...

April 3, 2012 | John Hannah |

What Obama Should Say When Kurdistan’s President Masoud Barzani Visits Washington

In my last post, I sketched out the strategic case for significantly deepening U.S.-Kurdish ties. While such a parad...

January 31, 2012 | Tony Badran |

Kurds and Sway

If there is one group in Syria that embodies the trans-national currents running through Syrian society, and which is likely to have increasing influence in the post-Assad era, it’s the Kur...

January 29, 2006 |

Terrorists at the Gates

Did we invite them over?

January 28, 2005 |

The Iraqi Elections


Backgrounder: The Iraqi Elections

December 28, 2003 | Front Page Magazine |

Symposium: Militant Islam vs. Turkey

Why has Turkey become a target of Islamists' Holy Jihad? Joining Frontpage Symposium to discuss this issue with us today, we are joined by: Ersel Aydinli, an assistant professor of...