newstatesman.com / By Bernard-Henri Levy — 11 November 2017

We know more or less about the unbearable epilogue to Kurdistan’s hundred years of solitude being written before our eyes. We know, too, about the craven abandonment of the Kurds to the “New Gang of Four”, right up until the ceasefire of 28 October.

Gov.krd (KRG Cabinet)

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) – In a press conference, Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani talked about the powerful earthquake which hit the Kurdistan Region and Iranian Kurdistan last night, Iraq’s 2018 Draft Budget bill and other issues related to the current situation in the Kurdistan Region.

al-monitor.com | Bryant Harris — November 10, 2017

Congress put the Iraqi Kurds on notice this summer against going forward with their independence vote. In the aftermath of Baghdad’s heavy-handed response, however, congressional ire is falling squarely on the central government.

Newyorker.com | By Luke Mogelson - Letter from Syria

Kurdish revolutionaries helped the U.S. expel the Islamic State from its capital city. Will we soon abandon them?

The Iraqi Federal Court announced on Thursday 01 November 2017 that the court cannot express its opinion on whether the Kurdistan referendum was unconstitutional or not before hearing the other party (Kurdistan Regional Government)

Rudaw 4/11/2017

Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says that France and the international community must take a stance on the Iraqi attacks on Kurds and send a message to Iran that its meddling in Iraq and the region must be stopped. Valls told Rudaw in an interview that the Kurds have been allies of the West and fought together against terrorism, therefore leaving them to their own devices now is a crime.

rudaw.net 3-11-2017

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson both emphasized the need for political negotiations to begin between Erbil and Baghdad in a phone call on Friday, according to a statement from Barzani’s office.

nybooks.com | Peter W. Galbraith | November 2, 2017, 4:45 pm

Najmaldin Karim, the governor of the Kirkuk governorate, was at his official residence on October 16 when American special forces showed up. They warned him that the Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iraqi Shiite militia controlled by Iran, was on its way to the building. Karim, an ethnic Kurd who had twice been elected governor of this ethnically mixed province, understood that they were not coming to oust him or even to arrest him. They were coming to kill him.

theatlantic.com | By ROBERT FORD(*) — Oct 30, 2017

As the Kurdish crisis continues to spiral, a former diplomat laments a history of missed opportunities.