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Deadly political divisions raise risks for Kurdistan

Rivalries between political leaders in Sulaimaniya have exploded into violence and undermined relations between Iraqi Kurdistan’s two ruling parties at a key political moment.
Bafel Talabani (left) and Lahur Talabany (right) at a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party gathering on June 15, 2021. (Source: PUK Media)

Saleh as next KRG PM

Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is slated to become Iraqi Kurdistan’s next prime minister.

Maliki’s Iraq

The Iraqi prime minister and the American vice president, who now heads up the Iraq portfolio, swapped state visits, but little has changed for Iraqis.

Desertification destroys Ninawa villages

Whole villages in Ninawa province are being abandoned as a result of drought and increasing desertification which is making life impossible for those who remain on the once arable land.