Internal political bickering and public discontent over economic problems could complicate the upcoming Mosul campaign and the KRG's long-term unity. On September 29, President Masoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Regional Government led a delegation to Baghdad -- a rare visit that may help consolidate efforts to liberate Mosul and alleviate the KRG's economic and political woes.
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Download PDF: iraqs-regional-decentralisation-debate-is-heating-up-by-michael-knights As the battle for Mosul looms, however, national fragility may require postponing larger boundary-drawing initiatives. The decentralisation of security, spending and administrative power is regularly cited as a means of reducing tension in a post-Islamic State Iraq. The logic is comm
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The 2016 OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting in Algiers later this month has received undue importance from market analysts hoping that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC producer Russia are seeking a freeze on production. Both have been fighting for market share in China, with Saudi Arabia unusually offering large volumes on the spot ma
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Download PDF: iraq-finance-minister-fights-on-two-fronts-hoshyar-zebari-faces-graft-claims-as-he-tries-to-save-economy-by-erika-solomon Baghdad, SEPTEMBER 11, 2016 Hoshyar Zebari should have been preparing for loan negotiations that could save his country from economic collapse. Instead, Iraq’s finance minister sat in his office waving a file of papers he claims prove that bi
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Download PDF: ewan-mcgregors-trip-to-northern-iraqs-displacement-camps-by-ewan-mcgregor The actor and Unicef ambassador witnessed the plight of thousands of young people displaced by conflict Alone. Scared. Vulnerable. At the hands of traffickers. This is how we talk about child refugees. It wasn’t until my visit to Iraq this summer that I truly understood the real — and deva
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