In Turkey life sentence for Kurds and freedoms for coup generals.

گوندی پەلکانە یەکێکە لەو ناوچانەی کە لە پلانی بەدواگەڕانی نەوتی وەزارەتی نەوتی ئێراقدایە و بەم زوانە دەست بە هەڵکەندنی بیر دەکرێ و لە ئەگەری دۆزینەوەی یەک دڵۆپ نەوت بۆ هەمیشە لە #کوردستان دادەبڕێ.
زیاتر لە ٦ مانگ پێش ئێستا من ڕاپۆرتێکم بۆ چەند لایەنێکی باڵای هەرێم ئامادە کرد

Watching Io Capitano, a young dreamy migrant odyssey from Africa to Europe was an experience. ft.com/content/54ab52…

More oil, more China, more rentier state and more paradox of plenty

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اليوم الثاني من جولة التراخص السادسة.. تعرف على الشركات الفائزة باستثمار الحقول:

شركة زينهوا الصينية - حقل أبو خيمة في المثنى
شركة سينوك الصينية - رقعة (7)
شركة أنتون الصينية - حقل الظفرية في واسط
شركة سينوبك الصينية - رقعة سومر في المثنى

البقية تأجلت ليوم غد لعدم التقدم عليها

What is interesting in the last round of oil bidding is that the Chinese companies are now beating not only the other international companies but also local companies, as happened between ZPEC and KAR on the east of Baghdad field.

China/Iraq news. The Oil Ministry awarded seven projects, five to Chinese companies.

Kuwait's Emir dissolves parliament, suspends some constitution articles. Stuck between rubber stamp and chaos parliament have a tough time in the Middle East. Kurdistan parliament is currently facing similar challenges. our work with Erwin van Veen clingendael.org/sites/default/…

أتطلع إلى مشاهدة هذا اللقاء مع الفذّ د. حيدر سعيد.
👈🏻لم يُبنَ العراق على هويتين إثنيَّنيْن (أغلبية عربية وأقلية كردية)، وإنما بُني على هويتين طائفيتين (أغلبية شيعية محكومة وأقلية سنية حاكمة).
أُلحقتْ كردستان رسمياً بالعراق بعد تأسيس الدولة العراقية، أثناء فترة الانتداب البريطاني.

This is the difference between the China-Iraq relationship and the Saudi-China relationship. Iraq cannot divest, or not easily at least.
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The picture shows the Shingali people's passion for soccer. It also shows that the area lacks a suitable football field.

Seeing China as a supporter of Iraq’s unity is one of the reasons behind the gravitation toward that country by the Iraqi political group. A new publication on China Iraqi Kurdistan from a newly established research center [Al- Baidar] in Baghdad baidarcenter.org/posts/2637

My latest: Barzani's visit had five major objectives, according to Tehran Daily Hamshahri: security, limiting the movement of the Iranian opposition groups, countering the Zionist ideology, trade, and Iraqi Kurdistan domestic political issues. cfri-irak.com/en/article/teh…

Sardar Aziz examines the links between the Erbil region and Iran in the context of the official visit by the President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani.
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China/Kurdistan. Leveraging its growing economic influence China has developed party-2-party relations in Kurdistan. 2 PUK students travelled to Beijing to partake in Seminars on Capacity Building 4 BRI Countries ThinkTanks. Organiz by Center for Inter. Knowledge on Development

China/KRI. Celebrating 'International Chinese Language Day' in Erbil. Acting CG Zhenyong encouraged students in KRI to experience charm & profoundness of Chinese culture through language, & learn more about credible, amiable & respectable image of China facebook.com/Chineseconsula…

our Momen Zellmi latest on Turkey & Iraq relationship: the challenge of balancing economy and security. we have talked to all sides with fresh insights. epc.ae/en/details/fea…

China Iraq/KRI news. China funded Research Center @ Sulaymaniyah Uni. opened last year. The researchers published a special issue in a local journal, on China KRI relation: soft power, energy security, BRI etc. A big step in Chinese soft power plan. centerfs.org/journal-of-fut…