The Forgotten Front

Outside the zone of American air strikes, Kurdish forces are reeling as insurgents advance in Jalawla, extending their control into a key pocket of land between Kirkuk, Sulaimaniyah, Baghdad and Iran.

Originally published in Iraq Oil Report by Muhammed Hussein, Shwan Lacky, Ben Landa, Rawaz Tahir, Ben van Heuvelen and Christine van den Toorn on August 13, 2014.

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In Tuz Khurmatu, a gun battle between Shia militia and Kurdish fighters – nominal partners in the fight against IS militants – highlights the ethnic and sectarian tensions pulling northern Iraq apart.

Originally published in Iraq Oil Report by Christine van den Toorn and Shwan Lacky on October 8, 2014.

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