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Against the backdrop of the Kirkuk crisis, it was Qassem Soleimani who brokered a deal between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Shiite militias, and the Iraqi federal government to avoid bloodshed. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
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Iran’s real foreign minister isn’t who you think it is

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Iraqi state media say Iraqi soldiers have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
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Pentagon denies that a battle for Kirkuk is underway

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Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
Beltway Confidential

What’s happening in Kirkuk and how the US should respond

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., warned of
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John McCain warns of ‘severe consequences’ amid Iraqi-Kurd clashes

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Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
National Security

US military downplays fighting in Iraq’s Kirkuk

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Barriers with defaced Kurdish flags are seen outside of an evacuated checkpoint in the village of Bashir, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Kurdish forces have withdrawn from the edges of a disputed region in northern Iraq, a commander said Friday, amid tensions with Iraq's central government over the administration of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The sentence on the barrier in Arabic reads:
Beltway Confidential

As chaos develops, what went wrong in Kirkuk, Iraq?

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The Wall Street Journal's editor-in-chief slammed both the charges and conviction. (iStock by Getty Images)
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Turkish court sentences Wall Street Journal reporter to prison

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Ahead of the Trend: What Will the World Map Look Like in Five Years?
Ahead of the Trend

Ahead of the Trend: What Will the World Map Look Like in Five Years?

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While Israel immediately supported the Kurdish bid for independence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tried to extort Israel to withdraw its support, and threatened to end the process of normalization unless it does so. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: The case for Kurdish independence

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National Security

US worries about new conflict in Iraq

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