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.
Elections in the Kurdistan region are important because they provide a beacon of democracy for the region.
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...
On October 16, the world woke to footage of the Iraqi army barreling toward Kirkuk, several hundred miles n...
Never mind the negotiations with Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear weapons program. Far more urgent developments are afoot. While the foreign ministers were busily counting how many c...
The civil war in Syria has made it increasingly difficult for Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to claim that his country has embarked on a new or moderate path. Even if Rouhani is truly a moderat...
In my last post, I sketched out the strategic case for significantly deepening U.S.-Kurdish ties. While such a parad...
By: Andrew Apostolou. In recent days, the Wall Street Journal and Slate have charged that the U.S. government fumbled an opportunity to kill master terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqaw...
Authored by Andrew Apostolou SULAIMANI, IRAQI KURDISTAN–The terrorist attacks that claimed over 140 lives in Baghdad and Karbala on March 2, 2004, are probably the start of a new a...
Authored by Andrew Apost...
Authored by Andrew Apostolou ERBIL, IRAQI KURDISTAN–One of the greatest headaches facing the U.S. in Iraq is how to address the aspirations of the long-repressed Iraqi Kurds, who w...
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...