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Energy Voices As Kurds gain power, Baghdad may be ready for oil deal
The Iraqi central government and authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government put together a seven-point deal last week that could see the Kurds resume oil exports to Iraq in return for a revision of the Iraqi 2013 budget, Alic writes.
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Kurdish-Iraqi government talks collapse amid fear of civil war
Talks between the Kurds and Iraq's central government on pulling back troops in disputed areas are collapsing. What does is mean for Prime Minister Maliki?
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Iraq's unity tested by rising tensions over oil-rich Kurdish region
As Iraqi Kurdistan ramps up oil production that could soon surpass Libya's output, Kurdish leaders have warned they may seek independence if disputes over oil revenues, power-sharing aren't resolved.
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Who's who in Iraq after the US exit?
The US troop surge in 2007 helped quiet Iraq's bloody civil war. But it failed to deliver on what US officials and officers said was crucial for Iraq's future at the time: sectarian reconciliation. Rather than forging a new national identity out of the horrors of Iraq's war, Iraq's Shiite and Sunni Arabs and ethnic Kurds sullenly retreated to their own sectarian corners, and the country's political parties remain vehicles for ethnic or sectarian interests. The next year is probably going to be the most crucial for determining the future of Iraq since the US-led invasion of 2003, as Iraq's various political factions compete for power and influence without foreign troops getting in the way. Here are a few of the major players.
12/28/2011 10:32 am -
A Kurdish family's loss symbolizes northern Iraq's unmet promise
A 16-year-old protester was among the first to be killed in democracy protests earlier this year against the corruption and authoritarianism that pervade Kurdish politics.
07/15/2011 11:42 am -
Arab Spring crackdown damages Kurdistan's image as regional model
The US has long championed semi-autonomous Kurdistan as a democratic model for the rest of Iraq and the Middle East. But Kurdish leaders have violently shut down dissenters.
07/01/2011 12:19 pm -
Backchannels An Arab Spring ... for the Kurds?
Not if the Kurdish leadership can help it.
05/24/2011 05:56 pm -
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: Iraq within days of ending political stalemate
In an interview with the Monitor, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says Iraq could announce a new coalition government next week.
10/08/2010 03:08 pm -
'Change' makes inroads against Kurdistan's dominant parties
Its relative success in Saturday's regional election reflects deep popular dissatisfaction with official corruption.
07/26/2009 01:00 am -
Maliki's tenure on ice as rift with Kurds widens
The Iraqi premier is increasingly at risk as cracks in his Shiite-Kurdish coalition grow in the waning days of the Bush administration, his other main ally.
12/11/2008 12:00 am -
Kurdistan's muckraking media test free speech limits
Editors and reporters risk jail time as they expose cronyism and push Iraqi leaders for reforms.
06/12/2008 01:00 am -
A Kurdish idealist returns to Iraq to 'change attitudes'
Taha Barwari came back to northern Iraqi from Sweden with a mission to inspire young Kurds disaffected by decades of war.
04/29/2008 01:00 am
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