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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. SABAH ARAR / AFP

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.

Rustum Mahmud 09 October 2024
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. AFP

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.

Aqeel Abbas 21 April 2024
The history of Kurdish factions’ demands and tactics across four states is fascinating, not least for their relationships with the states in question. Andrei Cojocaru

After 100 years of armed struggle, what next for the Kurds?

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

Rustum Mahmud 13 February 2024
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces Delil Souleiman

Why adept Kurdish rule in Syria's northeast worries Ankara

Competent administration of the autonomous regions of north-east Syria has Ankara concerned about precedents the Kurds are setting for self-government

Rustum Mahmud 16 July 2023
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Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

Con Coughlin
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Finding an economic off-ramp to avert a US-Iran war

18 February 2026

Iran's vast oil and strategic mineral reserves have moved to the centre of negotiations with the US, which could reshape Trump's calculus

Thuraya Shahin
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and SDF Commander Mazloum Abdi @USAMBTurkiye via X
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SDF presence in Munich raises eyebrows in Ankara

18 February 2026

Despite having signed an agreement to integrate into the Syrian state, its leaders attended a key security conference in Germany as a separate delegation from Damascus, in a move that unnerves Türkiye

Omer Onhon
Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

16 February 2026

Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

Charbel Khoury
Children watch the Indian Air Force (IAF) Surya Kiran aerobatics team performing during Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition at the Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru on 13 February 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
Politics

India’s record defence budget turns heads

15 February 2026

A $86.7bn budget, rapid naval expansion, and longer-range missile development underline New Delhi's drive to modernise its forces and compete more assertively with China and Pakistan

Shakir Husain

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