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Iraqi Turkmen flags hang along a street in Kirkuk's oil-rich, multi-ethnic northern city ahead of the May 12, 2018 parliamentary polls.

How Arabs and Kurds are sidelining Iraq's Turkmen community

Once part of the elite, the fortunes of the country's 'third nationality' have fallen. Politically sidelined for supporting Turkey, Iraq's Turkmen have had enough and are now starting to leave.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani (C-L) meets US President Joe Biden (C-R) at the White House to discuss economic opportunities in April 2024.

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Al Sudani's visit to Washington went well. Now for the hard bit…

The Iraqi PM and Joe Biden stuck to the script, emphasising economic opportunities. No one mentioned US troop withdrawal, but Baghdad's tense relations with Iraqi Kurds did come up.

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The history of Kurdish factions' demands and tactics across four states is fascinating, not least for their relationships with the states in question.

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