By Abdul Wahed Jalal Nori News Strait In this article, I will attempt to answer two questions: first, what is the status of the Iraqi Kurds in Northern Iraq and, second, will Kurdistan continue to develop itself as a quasi-state while avoiding a direct push toward sovereignty or …

By Yerevan Saeed Kurd Post The US House Armed Services Committee passed a watered down defense bill on Thursday, removing a clause asking for recognition of Kurdish Peshmergas and Sunni tribal forces as “country,” but maintaining that some of the military aid should go directly to the two …

David Petraeus is the former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He was the commander of US forces in Iraq in 2007-2008, when he oversaw the surge of US troops that ended Iraq’s sectarian violence. Petraeus also commanded all coalition forces in Iraq. He was at the …

By Yerevan Saeed RUDAW The Obama administration is opposing a US defense bill that authorizes “direct military assistance” for Kurdish forces and Sunni tribal forces and recognizes them as “country,” the State Department said on Wednesday. The House Armed Services Committee on Monday released the National Defense Authorization …

By Michael Stephens Michael Stephens is head of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in Qatar. Out with the old in with the new, so it seems with the latest move in Saudi Arabia’s cabinet that has set gossip flying and rumours swirling as to the intrigues of this …

By Marwan Bishara Muslims have a long memory and deep distrust of Western motives when it comes to provoking war or invoking Islam. Not a day passes without certain pundits sharing their newfound “insights” about Islam; “Islam at war”, “Islam’s war within”, or “Islam’s inherent violence”, etc. These …

Report by Al Jazeera News Military says at least 160 children and women rescued from the Sambisa Forest, days after 293 others were freed. The military has launched an assault to eliminate the armed group holed up in the Sambisa Forest [AP] Nigeria’s military says it has rescued …

By Prof Muhammad  Al Musfir Since March 26, our ears and eyes have been fixed on Operation Decisive Storm and what it has achieved on the ground. We keenly follow the military briefings by General Ahmed Asiri. As the days passed, we heard about the occupation of Aden …

The Peninsula An expert committee appointed by the GCC countries has prepared extensive rules and regulations for preparing a blacklist of terrorist organisations and individuals. The criteria are waiting for approval by the authorities and would be implemented soon after to counter terrorist threats to member countries from …