Liqaa Makki is a Senior Researcher at the Al Jazeera Center for Studies in Doha, Managing Editor of the Center's Lubab Peer-Reviewed Journal. Apolitical and a strategic analyst, Makki is interested in issues and crises in the Middle East, and relations between its countries. He possesses a PhD in Mass Communication, and he has worked as a professor of journalism at the universities of Baghdad and Qatar. He is also a journalist and executive producer for several newspapers and Al Jazeera. Makki has done a lot of research and studies on media and political issues, and he is a writer of articles and columns.
The current Turkish military operation in northern Iraq represents an advanced stage in the series of operations that began in May 2019, and aims to eliminate the threat of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) coming from areas in Iraq where this terrorist group has taken. Ankara launched its current military operation, Operation Claw-Lock, which, as its name indicates, is the culmination of the field gains made by Operation Claw in
The Iraqi elections came out with important results that could change the map of power and influence in Iraq. This may affect its relations with the countries of the region, but the changes were less severe in the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq (KRG) in the north of the country. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) continued to dominate the majority of Kurdish representation seats in the Federal Parliament, with the
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On June 5, 2021, five members of the military forces
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The current Turkish military operation in northern Iraq represents an advanced stage in the series of operations that began in May 2019, and aims to eliminate the threat of the Kurdistan Workers’
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The Iraqi elections came out with important results that could change the map of power and influence in Iraq. This may affect its relations with the countries of the region, but the
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On June 5, 2021, five members of the military forces of the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq (KRG), the Peshmerga, were killed in an ambush set by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
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