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Kurdistan

American Village entrance gates on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, the Kurdish defacto capital.
Military
Kurds grapple with US troop drawdown in Iraq
The Jaffar Mosque in the Daretu neighborhood of Erbil in 2015 where Imam Shawan preached before he left to join ISIS. 
Sacred Nation
In the wake of ISIS, Kurdish authorities are controlling religious messaging
A team of journalists gather around a table with laptops
Media
‘All of us have been arrested at least once’: Kurdish press in Turkey walk a fine line
Daniel Libeskind
Culture
The Kurds have no country of their own and their story is largely untold. A planned museum in Erbil aims to change that.
Turkish MP: Turkey Nearing Civil War
Full Episode
Residents of Erbil buy groceries in a local market.
Lifestyle
Just 60 miles from ISIS, youth bowl, swim, see George Clooney in ‘Tomorrowland’
Dutch journalist Fréderike Geerdink has been charged by Turkey with aiding a terrorist organization.
Global Politics
This Dutch journalist says she is doing her job. Turkey says she is helping terrorists
Turkish soldiers are silhouetted atop armoured vehicles near the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border on October 3, 2014.
Conflict
The US has lots at stake in the Syrian border town of Kobane
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, stand in formation in northern Iraq on May 14, 2013.
Conflict
The US named this Kurdish party a terrorist group — now it needs its help to fight ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
A member of the Kurdish security forces takes up position with his weapon as he guards a section of an oil refinery.
Conflict & Justice
After ISIS advance, Kurds win back important control over northern Iraq’s oil
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdistan: no friends but the mountains … and the US
Arts, Culture & Media
To Create Strong Presidency, Erdoğan Woos Turkish Kurds
Arts, Culture & Media
How Syria’s Civil War in Spilling into Iraq
Arts, Culture & Media
Visit beautiful … Iraq?
Global Politics
Geo Quiz and answer
The World – Episode 20071218 – Turkey goes after Kurdish rebels