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Archives: Iraq
![Iraqi Kurdistan defiant in face of Baghdad sanctions, threats](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraqi-kurdistan-defiant-in-face-187x137.jpg)
![Iraq strikes Back: Kurds under air travel ban, Turkey blocks Oil](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraq-strikes-back-kurds-under-ai-187x137.jpg)
Iraq strikes Back: Kurds under air travel ban, Turkey blocks Oil
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding that the Iraqi army take control of the province of Kirkuk and reclaim the…![Iraq: Kurdish Independence Vote Spurs Mideast Tension](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraq-kurdish-independence-vote-s-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Kurdish Independence Vote Spurs Mideast Tension
TeleSur | - - The referendum has provoked large-scale military movements along the Iraqi Kurdish region's borders. Some 8.4 million Iraqi Kurds have voted in a referendum on whether to secede from…![How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/how-arab-nationalism-fundamental-187x137.jpg)
How Arab Nationalism & Fundamentalism pushed away the Kurds
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Kurdistan referendum held today is probably not as likely to produce immediate turmoil in the Middle East as some pundits would have…![Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/iraq-supreme-court-strikes-down-187x137.jpg)
Iraq Supreme Court strikes down Kurdistan referendum, Clashes in Kirkuk
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that the referendum on independence planned for September 25 be halted. The problem is that the Iraqi…![London Covered but 83 Iraqis killed in ISIL attack largely ignored by US TV News](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/london-covered-but-83-iraqis-kil-187x137.jpg)
London Covered but 83 Iraqis killed in ISIL attack largely ignored by US TV News
TeleSur | - - Security officials say that the attacks are an attempt by the terrorist group to project strength after losing their strongholds in Iraq. The so-called Islamic State group carried…![Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/can-iran-keep-its-influence-in-b-187x137.jpg)
Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iran wants to reunite the fighting Shiite Muslim political parties in Iraq that once gave it unconditional support. But that job is far…![Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/will-iraqi-kurdish-independence-187x137.jpg)
Will Iraqi Kurdish Independence Referendum Further Roil the Middle East?
By Ali R. Abootalebi | (Informed Comment) | - - The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President in June 2017 announced September 25 as the day for a referendum on independence from…![As ISIL dwindles, Iraq fears extremists fleeing Syria](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/as-isil-dwindles-iraq-fears-extr-187x137.jpg)
As ISIL dwindles, Iraq fears extremists fleeing Syria
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - Iraqi forces are upset about the safe passage granted to Islamic State fighters from Syria. They will enter Iraq, where, locals say, thousands…![Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/have-we-won-yet-was-isil-a-flash-187x137.jpg)
Have we Won yet? Was ISIL a flash in the Pan?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - With the Iraqi campaign against ISIL having wrested from it Mosul and Talafar, and with Hawija and Qaim really the last two areas…![Iraq: Trump slams Iran, but Iran-backed Militias are key to taking Talafar from ISIL](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/iraq-trump-slams-iran-but-iran-b-187x137.jpg)
Iraq: Trump slams Iran, but Iran-backed Militias are key to taking Talafar from ISIL
by Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Shiite popular mobilization units (Iran-backed militias) have played a key role in taking of the northern city of Talafar from ISIL. The ninth…![Mosul Youth rescue Books and Music in wake of ISIL Defeat](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/mosul-youth-rescue-books-and-mus-187x137.jpg)
Mosul Youth rescue Books and Music in wake of ISIL Defeat
Special Correspondent | Mosul | (Niqash.org) | - - Two projects in Mouls show a different side to the devastated northern Iraqi city, as younger people there celebrate the end of the…![Mission Accomplished: Iraq drops chapter on evolution from school textbooks](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/mission-accomplished-iraq-drops-187x137.jpg)
Mission Accomplished: Iraq drops chapter on evolution from school textbooks
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | - - Iraq's education ministry has quietly dropped a chapter about evolution from its biology textbooks. The ministry has so far given no explanation…![Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/is-the-gulf-crisis-bringing-iraq-187x137.jpg)
Is the Gulf Crisis bringing Iraq back into Arab World?
Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | ( Niqash.org ) | - - Countries like Saudi Arabia are showing new willingness to open diplomatic channels with Iraq. Motivations include a military they now respect,…![Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/can-iraq-save-tal-afar-from-isil-187x137.jpg)
Can Iraq save Tal Afar from ISIL without Destroying the City?
By Mustafa Habib | (Niqash.org) | - - [N.B. The offensive against ISIL (Daesh) in Tal Afar began on Sunday. - JC] Intensive air raids, secret political talks and military forces gathering…![Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/iraq-after-isil-needs-security-a-187x137.jpg)
Iraq after ISIL needs Security, Anti-Corruption & Jobs, not Identity Politics
By Andrea Teti, Pamela Abbott, and Munqith Dagher | ( OpenDemocracy.net ) | - - Ignoring priorities that have popular support in Iraq risks undermining post-ISIS attempts to build a stable country,…![Iraq’s Next Elections will be the most Important in its History](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/iraqs-next-elections-will-be-the-187x137.jpg)
Iraq’s Next Elections will be the most Important in its History
Mustafa Habib. | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | - - In Iraq, larger political parties disagree on everything except maintaining the status quo: Parliament just passed a law that will badly affect the…![Who defeated ISIL? Obama’s Quiet Strategy, not Trump’s Bluster](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/who-defeated-isil-obamas-quiet-s-187x137.jpg)
Who defeated ISIL? Obama’s Quiet Strategy, not Trump’s Bluster
Bryan G. Williams | (Informed Comment) | - - Book excerpt from the just-published Counter Jihad: America's Military Experience in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria [CLICK]: At the time of the writing of…![Guess What Iraq’s Biggest Problem Really Is](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/08/guess-what-iraqs-biggest-problem-187x137.jpg)
Guess What Iraq’s Biggest Problem Really Is
By Pamela Abbott, Andrea Teti and Kevin M. DeJesus | (The Conversation) | - - With the defeat of the so-called Islamic State (IS) on the battlefield looking imminent, Iraq is confronting…![Al-Sadr in Jidda: Are Saudis looking for channel to Iran, or anti-Iran Client?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170930013237im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/al-sadr-in-jidda-are-saudis-look-187x137.jpg)