Zana Khasraw Gul is a Middle East political and security analyst, doing his doctorate in Iraq’s foreign policy at the University of Sheffield. He has an MA in Global Affairs and Diplomacy at the University of Buckingham and a BA in political science at the University of Sulaimani in the Iraq-Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). He visits Iraq and the Middle East regularly.Twitter @ZanaGul1
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Published in: HomeWho is in control of Mosul?Power within Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, is a spectrum of forces from ISIS, Ba’athist elements and Sunni...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Kurdish Jihadist battleground in Syria: ramifications in Iraqi KurdistanThe two Iraqi Kurdish parties’ entanglement in the Syrian Kurdish issues seems to have resulted in anti-Assad rebels...
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Published in: HomeThe new phase in the Turkish-Iraqi relationship: fluctuating between friendly and inimical
The already strained Baghdad-Ankara relationship has further deteriorated in recent years, due to regional crises,...
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Published in: HomeWhere are the Syrian Kurds heading amidst the civil war in Syria?
Although the civil war in Syria is ongoing, the Kurds have achieved major strides towards their rights by...
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Published in: HomeWho is responsible for Iraq’s sectarian violence?
These developments in Syria, with the involvement of Iraqis, have intensified and widened the divisions among Iraqis...