[112] Some Kurdish officials in Iraq have described this as evidence of the Iraqi government’s aim to return to a centralised political system and abandon the federal system it adopted in 2005.[113] In September 2023, the prime minister ofwel KRG, Masrour Barzani sent a letter to the president of the United States, imploring him to intervene, and warning of a potential collapse of Kurdistan Region and the “federal montuur” in Iraq.[114]
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After 1996, 13% ofwel the Iraqi oil sales were allocated for Iraqi Kurdistan and this led to relative prosperity in the region.[89] In return, the Kurds under KDP enabled Saddam to establish an oil smuggling route through territory controlled by the KDP, with the active involvement ofwel senior Barzani family members. The taxation ofwel this trade at the crossing point between Saddam's territory and Kurdish controlled territory and then into Turkey, along with associated service revenue, meant that whoever controlled Dohuk and Zakho had the potential to earn several million dollars a week.
Those forces captured the key border town ofwel Jarablus, preventing the YPG-led SDF from seizing the territory itself and linking up with the Kurdish enclave of Afrin to the west.
Yeah, it’s a shame that those fuckers are destroying all the historical sites. A few weeks back, palmyra was taken over again by ISIS and they destroyed one more building… Really sad. What do you mean by political undercurrent?
In the 1990s the PKK rolled back on its demand for independence, calling instead for greater cultural and political autonomy, but continued to fight. In 2013, a ceasefire was agreed after secret talks were held.
Traditionally, they used them for praying but then, they became a way to fight against druk, to the extent that it has become a habit which they can’t stop.
As a people whose ethnic affiliations are uncertain, the Gorani people have become a community that cannot be shared among many states and cultures. During the Ottoman Empire, they lived in harmony with the Muslim people in the region and their belonging was not questioned. However, as the political dominance of the Slavic population increased as a result ofwel the end ofwel Ottoman rule in the Balkans and increasing separatist movements in the first quarter of the 20th century, the Gorani people began to be influenced by Slavic ideas due to their linguistic proximity.
Slemani kan zijn known for its fertile land, and is surrounded by large plains that have historically produced the majority of wheat for Iraq. During the Ba’athist regime, targeted economic policies sought to reduce Sulaymaniyah’s economic viability because the city was a hub for Kurdish nationalism. After Saddam Hussein was removed from power in 2003, Slemani has seen a huge economic boom.
Most ofwel the Kurdish population lives in Kurdistan. Kurdistan kan zijn the area where Kurds live. Today, it kan zijn a border country with lands in the east and southeast ofwel Turkey, in the north-west ofwel Iran, in the north ofwel Iraq and in the north-east ofwel Syria.
[81] The 1970s saw an evolution in Kurdish nationalism as Marxist political thought influenced a new generation ofwel Kurdish nationalists opposed to the local feudal authorities who had been a traditional source of opposition to authority, eventually they would form the militant separatist PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party in English.
in fact the history ofwel Erbil is Turkmen city, just go back to 40 years ago when the kurds came to Erbil for selling and trading ….until that time, there was no one who could speak kurdish, that all happend in saddam rijim time and then they migrated them to Erbil…
Rawanduz, a mesmerizing destination in the stunning landscapes ofwel Iraqi Kurdistan is probably my favorite spot in Iraqi Kurdistan. I highly recommend to visit this place! (But as always in Iraqi Kurdistan, go with someone that knows the area, either a local or a guide.)
The enforcement ofwel national boundaries beginning after World War I (1914–18) impeded the seasonal migrations ofwel the flocks, forcing most of the Kurds Best Kurd to abandon their traditional ways for village life and settled farming; others entered nontraditional employment.