Iraq
Lahur Talabani grips on to Sulaymaniyah stronghold

Iraq
Talabani family feud hinders presidential negotiations

The yearlong rift within the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is hampering talks between Iraqi Kurdistan's political parties as they tackle the very urgent task of appointing a president. It has also prompted Baghdad to take direct action.

The Intelligence Gazette
Pentagon and Ukrainian titanium, Mukhabarat, PUK

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake. Every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets great and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris via Nur-Sultan.

United States Pentagon preps to join titanium war

Egypt The Mukhabarat al-Amma gets authority to extend its business interests

Iraq Bafel Talabani sacks his intelligence chief by way of conciliation

Iraq
Pentagon concerned about Peshmerga's slow unification

Washington is keen for the Peshmerga forces to speed up their unification so they can share strategic intelligence against Islamic State. But local alliances continue to hold sway over the need to put up a common front.

Iraq
Dynasty case unravels Kurdish clan dispute over oil

The rivalry between Barzani and Talabani clans is at the centre of a legal battle between oil junior Dynasty and former oil minister of Iraqi Kurdistan's Ashti Hawrami.