Esprit de Corps

1. Turkmen add new level to Iraq fighting
(International Conflict/Middle East)

... worst cases to a larger hospital in Kirkuk 50km away. "The Kurdish police and officials in Tuz [Khurmatu] did nothing to help us and nothing to protect us," said Ahmed Hassan, the father of one of ...

2. Iraqi factions moving closer to civil war
(International Conflict/Balkans)

... have of declaring an independent state hinges on their ability to seize control of the oil resources near the strategic city of Kirkuk. Should that transpire, the Sunni Arabs in central Iraq, including ...