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Can Kurdistan follow Israel's lead to become the Middle East's next Start-Up Nation? - analysis

Kurdistan does not need to copy Israel, but it can learn from its journey from a small and politically uncertain environment to a start-up and tech superpower.

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Security is stationed outside the US Embassy is seen in Baghdad's fortified "Green Zone" on March 17, 2026.

Iraqi security forces target political ‘corruption’ in Baghdad Green Zone raids

Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq.

Justice in Baghdad: Iraq convicts notorious Saddam Hussein-era torturer


Demonizing Israel is bad for the Palestinians

The negative focus on Israel by the global media has harmed the Palestinians’ interests for decades.

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Former Iraqi PM urges interim government

Ayad Allawi says move would counter efforts to change vote results and prevent country from sliding into violence.

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Ahmadinejad: Proposed sanctions not legal

"The nuclear issue of Iran has turned into a big test for the entire world," Iranian president says, accusing US, Britain of "lying like previous lies."

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Lebanese PM says Scuds accusations like Iraq's WMD

Saad Hariri denies Israeli allegations that Hizbullah obtained the missiles from Syria.

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2 al-Qaida in Iraq leaders killed

US: Deaths may be most significant blow to group since insurgency.

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In the Koran, Pharaoh was a villain

People in the Muslim world fail to see that the individuals they extol as heroes were nothing but tyrants who led them straight into the sea.

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Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting

Hoshyar Zebari protests Gadhafi's support for Saddam loyalists; ministers agree to recommend meeting PA request to raise annual funding for e. J'lem Palestinians from $150m. to $500m.

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'Bush didn't go to war for Israel'

Rove says US wished to prevent WMDs from falling into hands of dictators.

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The Region: The real Arab stuff

What are the most realistic and moderate Arabic-speaking rulers thinking?

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Iraq: blasts kill 40 Shi'ite pilgrims

Bombings on final day of Muslim holiday are week’s third large-scale attacks.

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