With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Thursday received Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister ...

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