The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which is growing in status amid speculation that independence could result from the latest violent events in the rest of Iraq, is being tested by unprecedented economic challenges. At least 600,000 Syrian refugees and internally-displaced…
Day: June 26, 2014
Baiji industrial complex too important for Baghdad to lose
The government of Iraq, working closely with US military advisers deployed this week at the request of embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, will act quickly to recapture the Baiji refinery and power complex, security specialists in Dubai have told…