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Mosul dam region looks very nice

I don't get it though, there's no deal with Barani, what happened in Kirkuk was hostile and Iraq benefitted from Kurdish internal disagreement. But there is only KDP and PKK in Nineveh region, is this the morale loss of the peshmerga?

@Sharif al-Hijaz It's not the right thread but I cannot find it, any news on the high-speed rail line linking GCC states, I forgot the thread name

President role is ceremonial, Maliki was ruling in the past. Turkey-Iraq relations were bad, Erdogan worked with Barzani and Nujaifi (Mosul governor) who hated Baghdad, Shias and the army. Thus, hostility from both sides. Yes but as long as KRG exists, one day the US or some other global power...

There's no border that bypasses KRG, but really what is stopping us from paving that border to Ibrahim Khalil/Habur? It passes through 3 kilometers of KRG land, make it a joint Turkey-ISF operation and the US won't say anything. As long as ISF leaves Arbil and Suleymaniyah alone the US is...

The large Mosul dam is the next major strategic site to be captured

Depends on Turkish foreign policy, Baghdad has no problem with Turkey, the only problem was Turkey favored working with Barzani and Nujaifi brothers. The former Kirkuk governor was building his statue in secret, it wasn't finished and not yet public. KRG is still in the dictator era Black...

Unlikely they'd obey the US on that, Barzani kept refusing US pressure to stop the referendum. There's trouble and disagreement between PUK and KDP peshmerga. I wouldn't say a deal but their leadership disagreed with one another on Iraqi forces approaching Kirkuk, some of PUK were with the...

Maybe it will cause problems with YPG, ISF took Sinjar and the border crossing, YPG is all over the Syrian side

Very likely Pesh released them, one of the demands of Abadi was for KRG to hand over those IS members. Though that stacks it up even more, no need to feel sorry for the KRG at all, a lot more should be done.

When ISF took Hawija many ISIS fled to the Peshmerga, Peshmerga captured them. After ISF took Kirkuk some are now saying that Peshmerga released those ISIS and armed them to fight Iraqi forces. More I don't know. I don't believe Kirkuk is safe, ISF have to expand dozens of kilometers beyond...

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/10/16/haider-al-abadi-is-succeeding-at-the-worlds-hardest-job/ BAGHDAD — On a hot July afternoon in Mosul’s city center, a crowd gathered to celebrate the liberation of the city. The sun was starting to set, and children were dancing and waving Iraqi flags as young...

There's news of a soon to be launched operation for Nineveh plains, this includes the area where Turkish base is located, Bashiqa. PMU build up there but no army or ISOF build up I don't think this will happen tonight, PMU will wait for the army. And this includes Sinjar so we will notice a...

They have substitutes, even in Iraq (Al-Asad airbase, Qayyarah airbase). This is why it's important that we are on one page, and not against each other when it comes to the Kurdish issue. As to avoid enabling the US their game.

Turkey-Iraq cooperation for this further north is important to give the US the message that they cannot easily decide to abandon either. US cannot lose both Turkey and Iraq, important airspace/land control.

I'm aware of what the KRG has done, they were spitting on us when we were down on our knees in 2014. I remember even on the personal level Kurds were making fun of us and enjoying how our state shattered, I remember this 3 years ago very well, it's a very bad feeling to see your own state in...

It kind of did destroy whole Kurdish morale in Iraq and beyond, Kirkuk is what they call the heart of Kurdistan, they had control for 3 years and they just lost it within 24 hours. I'm not rejoicing their sorrow, actually I don't know what should be done with regards to what they want.

Didn't expect they would celebrate it that much

Who wants to see some Rudaw "Iraqis are genociding us" propaganda. No gunshots are being heard anywhere, yet they act as if they're being shot at, video and audio edited on purpose to make it look like there's and earthquake or something.

In other news, army 8th division reached Al-Asad airbase in Anbar for the upcoming assault in Al-Qaim