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Turkey Peace Hope as Kurds Withdraw Militants
Peace between enemies could rearrange Middle East amid Turkey peace hope as Kurds withdraw
Media Reporting on Syria Worse Than Iraq
Reporting on Syria goes largely unfulfilled by major media ignorant of importance or history
Making Headway With Turkey Kurdish Peace Talks
Rebel groups to leave country for Iraq in sign of good relations amid Turkey Kurdish peace talks
Violence Rages Ahead of Post-American Iraq Elections
Fourteen candidates murdered as violence rages across nation ahead of post-American Iraq elections
Iraq Soldiers Vote Ahead of Next Week’s Elections
First national election since US departure will be crucial to stability as Iraq soldiers vote held
Decade Since Iraq Invasion Stirs Mixed Emotions
Since Iraq invasion, torturous experience of invasion and civil war turned the nation on its head
Kurds Call Ceasefire as Crucial Turkey Peace Advances
Crucial Turkey peace advance offers new chance to achieve accord with Kurds in the entire region
Kurdish Jerusalem Remains Thorn in Iraq’s Side
Conflict between Kurdish north and Arab south plague Iraq’s politics including in Kirkuk, an ancient city known in English as the Kurdish Jerusalem
New Study Tallies Huge Cost of Iraq War
Cost of Iraq war in hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars says new analysis