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The “Other Kurds” of Kurdistan

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By KANI XULAM
8/25/2014

These have been extremely sad days for me.

When the fanatics of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) made a dash for Mosul in June, the Kurdish forces of the KRG did the same for Kirkuk and other Kurdish populated regions inside Iraq, which included a highland range known as Mount Shingal.

For about two months a cold war of sorts, punctuated with occasional skirmishes, prevailed between the two sides.

On the night of August 2, the ISIS attacked Shingal and took it without a real fight.


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Tags: ISIS | KDP | Masada | Shingal | Yezidi

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