Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel » Maliki https://bashdar.co.uk Freelance Writer, Political Analyst\Editor, Middle East, Iraq Thu, 10 May 2018 16:53:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Stuck between an uncompromising Baghdad, well-equipped IS enemy and lack of funding and oil exports, Kurds left to suffer Baghdad’s mess https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/stuck-between-an-uncompromising-baghdad-well-equipped-is-enemy-and-lack-of-funding-and-oil-exports-kurds-left-to-suffer-baghdads-mess/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/stuck-between-an-uncompromising-baghdad-well-equipped-is-enemy-and-lack-of-funding-and-oil-exports-kurds-left-to-suffer-baghdads-mess/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2014 00:00:24 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=633 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/stuck-between-an-uncompromising-baghdad-well-equipped-is-enemy-and-lack-of-funding-and-oil-exports-kurds-left-to-suffer-baghdads-mess/feed/ 0 Amidst sectarian flames, Iraqi security and marginalisation policies should be in the limelight, not Kurdish oil exports https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/amidst-sectarian-flames-iraqi-security-and-marginalisation-policies-should-be-in-the-limelight-not-kurdish-oil-exports/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/amidst-sectarian-flames-iraqi-security-and-marginalisation-policies-should-be-in-the-limelight-not-kurdish-oil-exports/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2014 00:00:08 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=627 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/08/amidst-sectarian-flames-iraqi-security-and-marginalisation-policies-should-be-in-the-limelight-not-kurdish-oil-exports/feed/ 0 A Marriage of Convenience: The Many Faces of Iraq’s Sunni Insurgency https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/a-marriage-of-convenience-the-many-faces-of-iraqs-sunni-insurgency/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/a-marriage-of-convenience-the-many-faces-of-iraqs-sunni-insurgency/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:00:21 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=629 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/a-marriage-of-convenience-the-many-faces-of-iraqs-sunni-insurgency/feed/ 0 Unsatisfied with a raging war with Sunni militants, Maliki launches new front against the Kurds https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:42 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=622 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/unsatisfied-with-a-raging-war-with-sunni-militants-maliki-launches-new-front-against-the-kurds/feed/ 0 Latest Sunni insurgency threatens to put final nail in the Iraqi coffin https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/latest-sunni-insurgency-threatens-to-put-final-nail-in-the-iraqi-coffin/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/latest-sunni-insurgency-threatens-to-put-final-nail-in-the-iraqi-coffin/#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2014 00:00:02 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=620 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/latest-sunni-insurgency-threatens-to-put-final-nail-in-the-iraqi-coffin/feed/ 0 How the seeds of Sunni insurgency were sown long before ISIS came to town https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:17 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=618 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/feed/ 0 Counting on the Kurds https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/counting-on-the-kurds/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/counting-on-the-kurds/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:00:41 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=612 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/06/counting-on-the-kurds/feed/ 0 As Iraqis mark 3rd national elections and yearn for change – reconciliation, national unity and progress remains as elusive as ever https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/as-iraqis-mark-3rd-national-elections-and-yearn-for-change-reconciliation-national-unity-and-progress-remains-as-elusive-as-ever/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/as-iraqis-mark-3rd-national-elections-and-yearn-for-change-reconciliation-national-unity-and-progress-remains-as-elusive-as-ever/#comments Mon, 05 May 2014 00:00:04 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=596 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/05/as-iraqis-mark-3rd-national-elections-and-yearn-for-change-reconciliation-national-unity-and-progress-remains-as-elusive-as-ever/feed/ 0 With Iraqi 2014 elections, security and national unity already under the strain, Iraqis may not see another election come 2018 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/with-iraqi-2014-elections-security-and-national-unity-already-under-the-strain-iraqis-may-not-see-another-election-come-2018/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/with-iraqi-2014-elections-security-and-national-unity-already-under-the-strain-iraqis-may-not-see-another-election-come-2018/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:00:18 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=584 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/with-iraqi-2014-elections-security-and-national-unity-already-under-the-strain-iraqis-may-not-see-another-election-come-2018/feed/ 0 Maliki’s economic siege of Kurdistan shows that the only true friend of the region is the Kurds himself https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/ https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:59 +0000 http://bashdar.co.uk/?p=578 https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/03/malikis-economic-siege-of-kurdistan-shows-that-the-only-true-friend-of-the-region-is-the-kurds-himself/feed/ 0