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A Kurdish fighter from the Iranian Kurdish armed faction Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) stands with his rifle at a site near the Iraqi border with Iran in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on March 8, 2026.

PJAK leader mocks Iran’s claim Turkey spiked US Kurdish-backed regime-change plan

Siamand Moeini

PJAK Executive Council Member

Former Mosul governor Atheel al-Nujaifi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Erbil, in Iraq's Kurdistan region October 4, 2016. Picture taken October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily - RTSQTUJ

Interview

Will Mosul witness a political battle post-IS?

In an interview with Al-Monitor, former governor of Ninevah province Atheel al-Nujaifi discussed post-Islamic State Ninevah, the motives behind the arrest warrants against him and the need for international assistance in the aftermath of the battle of Mosul.

Atheel al-Nujaifi

Former governor of Iraq's Ninevah province

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