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Ayub Nuri

Ayub Nuri is a Canadian Kurdish journalist and the editor-in-chief of Rudaw English. He recently published "Being Kurdish in a Hostile World" (2017).

A member of Iraqi security forces takes down a Kurdish flag in Dibis on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq, Oct. 17, 2017.

Kurds wonder if they should’ve helped Iraq’s army in Mosul

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The Kurds occupied Kirkuk at the behest of the Americans and a promise that they could keep the territory they took from ISIS.

Kurdish flags

Kurds have a long list of reasons for seeking independence

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