Washington has long worked with Kurdish groups in the Middle East. But without sufficient support, encouraging Iranian Kurds into an uprising now could be dangerous.
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As US bombing operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya have shown, destruction is not the same as political success.
By using its drone and missile arsenal on its neighbours, Iran is telling the region, and the world, the regime will not go quietly.
President Trump has appealed to Iranians to topple their government, but a popular uprising is unlikely to defeat current leadership or the Revolutionary Guards, a former US diplomat says.
It appeared that diplomacy was working, but the strikes by the US and Israel now risk destroying any chance of a peaceful resolution of this crisis.
In January 2023, the German parliament formally recognised Yazidi genocide. Yet, the recognition remains largely symbolic and has no influence on asylum decisions.
Talk of regime change brings up uncomfortable memories of the chaos after the overthrow of Iraq’s Saddam Hussein.
If Washington governs by force in Venezuela, it will repeat the failures of Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya: Power can topple regimes, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy.
In 2005, the Howard government introduced its controversial WorkChoices legislation. It would be a key factor in the government’s defeat in the 2007 election.
The vote revealed the depth of Iraq’s political fatigue and the power of dependency politics.
Cylinder seals were intimately tied to their owner, showcasing their identity, beliefs and social status.
Iraq’s massive agricultural system, believed to have been built by enslaved Africans, has been given dates by the first archaeological study of its kind.
Recent prosecutions across Europe bring a glimmer of hope for the justice Yazidis have long been seeking.
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite and Druze communities.
PKK disarmament could mark a new era for the Kurds, but the situation has regional implications.
Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.
This is not the start of another Iraq, it’s the continuation of a presidency defined by impulsive power, unchecked force and disdain for democratic constraint.
Carefully scripted and staged videos presented an image of a modern functioning state.
Collards may have arrived in southern Morocco via early Muslim traders, and Morocco may have been a stop in the journey the vegetables took to America.
Iraq’s semi-autonomous north is grappling with a severe economic crisis, with many residents forced into massive personal debt.
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