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Why has America's support for the Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga decreased?

World Service - While the Kurdistan Region is still considered one of the most important allies of the United States in Iraq, the removal of the major part of the Peshmerga budget from the new Pentagon bill shows that Washington is redefining its security role in Iraq and gradually reducing its commitments in the region.

Sharq al-Awsat and Al-Arabi al-Jadeed report:

Baghdad's struggle in the middle of Washington's pressure; Will the "Ministry of Federal Security" be established in the Zaidi government?

Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - While the international pressure, especially the United States, has increased on the Iraqi government to organize the situation of the armed forces outside of the official structure (military and law enforcement), field reports including Sharq al-Awsat and al-Arabi al-Jadeed tell of the parallel movements of Washington and Baghdad to change the security map of Iraq. These developments are followed in the two axes of "staged plan for liquidation" and "creating a new ministerial structure".

Russian Kurdish military hero and intellectual; A less-seen face of Syabandov

World Service- Samand Siyabandov, the commander of the Red Army, who received numerous medals in World War II, became a Kurdish writer and lexicographer in the post-war period and bridged the gap between politics, war, and literature.

The danger of the end of Kurdish self-government if Erbil-Baghdad disputes continue

World Service - Given that the gap between Erbil and Sulaymaniyah has become deeper than ever and Baghdad is gradually taking control of the oil, budget and even the salaries of regional employees, many observers warn that the self-government of Iraqi Kurdistan has entered its most dangerous phase since 2005; A crisis that may lead not only to the weakening of the federal structure of the region, but also to its gradual collapse into two separate units under the influence of Baghdad.

Behind the scenes of a conceptualization; Strategic analysis of Washington's arms claim against the Kurds/ Mohammad Hadifar

Service of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region - Following the repeated accusations of Donald Trump, the President of the United States, against the Kurdish forces regarding the hiding of military weapons, this note evaluates this claim with a critical approach and using field and historical data as part of a complex media-security strategy.

Ankara and the Kurdish movement are preparing a new "roadmap".

World Service - The new statements of Turkish officials and the leaders of the Kurdist Dem Party show that the talks related to the peace process are still ongoing and the two sides are considering a new mechanism to manage the phase after the dissolution of the PKK; A process that can be the most important political development in Türkiye in recent years.

"Democratic integration"; The key to understanding the historical turn of Öcalan and PKK

World Service - After his historic call for the dissolution of the PKK and the end of the armed struggle, Abdullah Ocalan has now placed a new concept called "democratic integration" at the center of his political project: a concept that he says does not mean submission to the Turkish government, but an attempt to build a kind of politics beyond the nation-state, violence and nationalism.

The post of prime minister in the history of Iraq

Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - News Media - Analytical Dravimedia has given a historical overview of the post of Prime Minister of Iraq from the Kingdom era (1921 to 1958 and then the fall of the Baath regime) in a report and listed the period from 2004 to 2026 with a description of each period.