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Vital Khor Mor gas field attacked in Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq
A November 26 drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in the Kurdistan Region of Northern Iraq has led to power outages. The attack has been condemned by the US, UN, Turkey, Iran, and local Iraqi officials. Kurdistan Regional Government officials have called for increased protection of the facility, which has been targeted a dozen times in the last several years. Iranian-backed militias using kamikaze drones have been blamed for past attacks, and officials in Baghdad and Erbil vowed to investigate.
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Tensions mount as Iraqi militias boost numbers in contested areas while Kurds hold referendum
As tensions mount between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, several Iranian-backed group have deployed more troops to contested areas near Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu. As both sides remain steadfast in their claims to the oil rich province, tensions continue to mount and the risk of military escalation rises.
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Iraq
Obama Envoy John Allen: No ‘Short-Term Solutions’ for Stopping Islamic State
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Iraq
Iraqis bicker over liberating Mosul
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Iraq
Kurdish Sinjar offensive too late for some Yazidis
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Iraq
Peshmerga claim liberation of Sinjar from ISIS
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Iraq
Iraqi Government and Kurds Reach Deal to Share Oil Revenues
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Australia
Who are the members of the coalition against ISIS?
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Germany
Germany plans expanded engagement against Islamic State in Iraq
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Iraq
Islamic State reportedly on Baghdad’s outskirts after week of victories
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Islamic State
Iraqi Kurds fight ISIS with aged weapons
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Iraq
Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq
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Islamic State
Kurds issue call to arms as Islamic State gains in Syria
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Iraq
West widens contacts with Syria’s Kurds
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Iraq
Tarnishing a Reputation as Storied Warriors
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Iraq
Anti-jihadist fight forges Kurdish unity
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Germany
Germany to send rifles, tank busters to aid Kurds
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Australia
Australian planes to deliver weapons for Kurds fighting Islamic State
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Iran
As Islamic State fighters begin to blend in, defeating them no easy matter
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Iraq
Islamic State inciting Arab-Kurdish divide in Iraq
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France
UK prime minister: Our generational struggle against a poisonous ideology
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Iraq
Mount Sinjar dispatch: ‘The pilot was afraid for my safety. Within days he would be dead’
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Iraq
Strange bedfellows: terror groups, Kurdish factions unite against ISIS
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Iraq
ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish official
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Iraq
Iraq crisis: Philip Hammond says UK would consider arming Kurds
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Iraq
After US troops’ assessment mission, rescue on Sinjar ‘far less likely’
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Iraq
Iraqi Kurds accuse local Arabs of supporting IS
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France
Iraq crisis: International boost to arms and aid supply
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Iraq
Disrupt ISIS’s Cash Flow in Iraq
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Iraq
Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis
