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IRAQI government forces re-entered Kirkuk yesterday for the first time since 2014.
Peshmerga troops of the Kurdistan regional government (KRG) withdrew from the disputed city beforehand, with the KRG claims as part of its territory.
That withdrawal appeared to have avoided bloody clashes between the two sides, which had previously worked together to confront the Isis death cult which swept through northern Iraq three years ago.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
