reuters.com | BY Ahmed Rasheed, Dmitry Zhdannikov, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin | November 14, 2017

BAGHDAD/LONDON (Reuters) - After helping Iraq stifle a Kurdish push for independence, Iran is now positioning itself to take control of oil exports from the region’s giant Kirkuk field, with the first deliveries expected within days, officials and trading sources said. 

France Diplomatie

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Iraq – Statement by the Kurdish regional government on a decision by Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court (14 November 2017)

France welcomes the acknowledgement by the Kurdish regional government of the ruling by Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court on November 6 on the unity of Iraq, as well the willingness it has expressed to engage in dialogue.

rudaw.net | BY DAVID ROMANO | 11/11/2017

This week Rudaw and other news sources reported that “Iraq’s Federal Court ruled… that no article in the constitution allows partition or the separation of any part of the country, with the Iraqi prime minister calling on Erbil to make its position on the ruling clear.” 

115th CONGRESS
1st Session

H.R. 4238

To impose terrorism-related sanctions with respect to As-Saib Ahl Al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah Al-Nujaba, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 3, 2017

Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Franks of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

nydailynews.com | By Dennis Ross (*) — November 8, 2017

I often take part in what’s known as “track II diplomacy” — brainstorming discussions with former officials and academics that explore options for breaking major international impasses or ending conflicts.

newstatesman.com / By Bernard-Henri Levy — 11 November 2017

We know more or less about the unbearable epilogue to Kurdistan’s hundred years of solitude being written before our eyes. We know, too, about the craven abandonment of the Kurds to the “New Gang of Four”, right up until the ceasefire of 28 October.

Gov.krd (KRG Cabinet)

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) – In a press conference, Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani talked about the powerful earthquake which hit the Kurdistan Region and Iranian Kurdistan last night, Iraq’s 2018 Draft Budget bill and other issues related to the current situation in the Kurdistan Region.

al-monitor.com | Bryant Harris — November 10, 2017

Congress put the Iraqi Kurds on notice this summer against going forward with their independence vote. In the aftermath of Baghdad’s heavy-handed response, however, congressional ire is falling squarely on the central government.

Newyorker.com | By Luke Mogelson - Letter from Syria

Kurdish revolutionaries helped the U.S. expel the Islamic State from its capital city. Will we soon abandon them?

The Iraqi Federal Court announced on Thursday 01 November 2017 that the court cannot express its opinion on whether the Kurdistan referendum was unconstitutional or not before hearing the other party (Kurdistan Regional Government)