Back المناطق المتنازع عليها في العراق Arabic Territorios apostaos del norte d'Iraq AST ناوچە جێناکۆکەکانی عێراق CKB Umstrittene Gebiete des Nordiraks German Territorios disputados del norte de Irak Spanish مناطق مورد مناقشه شمال عراق Persian Territori contesi dell'Iraq settentrionale Italian Territórios disputados do norte do Iraque Portuguese Các lãnh thổ tranh chấp ở Bắc Iraq Vietnamese
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- Rough estimate[a] of the disputed territories (including KRI)
- Unrecognised incorporated territory
- Other claimed and controlled territory
- Other claimed territory
- Rest of Iraq
The disputed territories of northern Iraq (Arabic: المناطق المتنازع عليها في العراق,[1][2][3] Kurdish: ناوچە جێناکۆکەکانی عێراق[4]) are regions defined by article 140 of the Constitution of Iraq as being Arabised during Ba'ath Party rule in Iraq. Most of these regions are inhabited by non-Arabs, including Kurds, Assyrians, Yazidis, Turkmens/Turkomans, and Shabaks.
The disputed areas have been a core concern for many Arabs, Assyrians, Kurds, and Turkmens, especially since the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the subsequent political restructuring. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) gained control of territory to the south of the Kurdistan Region after 2003, taking over land they claimed as part of "Iraqi Kurdistan".[5]
During the Islamic State offensive in 2014, the KRG's Peshmerga forces took over more of the disputed territories. Kirkuk Governorate, strategically important because of its oil fields, as well as other areas were retaken by Iraqi government forces following the Iraqi-Kurdish conflict in 2017.
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- ^ الحريري, أ د جاسم يونس (January 1, 2016). الدور الخليجي في العراق دراسة حالة احداث الموصل 2014 (in Arabic). دار الجنان للنشر والتوزيع. ISBN 978-9957-594-54-1.
- ^ أحمد, محمود رزوق (January 1, 2014). الحركة الكردية في العراق (in Arabic). Al Manhal. ISBN 9796500144917.
- ^ عثمان, خليل فضل; السياسات, المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة (January 1, 2018). كركوك: جدل الأرقام والسرديات (in Arabic). المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات. ISBN 978-614-445-233-2.
- ^ "مایک پێنس و نێچیرڤان بارزانی پەیوەندییەکی تەلەفۆنیی ئەنجامدەدەن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
- ^ Bartu, Peter (2010). "Wrestling With the Integrity of A Nation: The Disputed Internal Boundaries in Iraq". International Affairs. 6. 86 (6): 1329–1343. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2346.2010.00946.x.