Iraqi Kurdistan could witness a spate of instability after the September 30 elections.
Content Feed
A Syrian town caught between what’s right and what’s political.
![Saving Kobane is about preventing ISIL from gaining a major victory, writes Abdulla [Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141015896976734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The capture of Mosul represents the failure of efforts to force three distinct communities to form a single state.
![Kurdish Peshmerga troops gather on the outskirts of Kirkuk [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014612115019546734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
How Talabani’s continued absence from the political scene and the PUK’s decline may rock the peace in Iraqi Kurdistan.
![Last September's regional parliamentary elections showed PUK's popularity had hit an all-time low [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014212842866734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Kurds declare autonomous zone in northern Syria despite some objections from brethren in Iraq.
![Syrian Kurds were subjected to brutal suppression by President Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafiz [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/201412361357643580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)