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title: "Briefing Room: Iraqi Kurdistan Breaks Up and More."
description: "Erbil's two ruling dynasties now run parallel administrations, Baghdad and Ankara carve out influence, and the region's autonomy is dissolving from within rather than by decree."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/briefing-room-iraqi-kurdistan-breaks-up-and-more.md
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datePublished: 2026-11-13T18:30:00.000Z
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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Erbil's two ruling dynasties now run parallel administrations, Baghdad and Ankara carve out influence, and the region's autonomy is dissolving from within rather than by decree.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/briefing-room-iraqi-kurdistan-breaks-up-and-more/.
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