Category Archives: MENA

Iraq: Assaults against the Kurds

Introduction | Atrocities | Fatalities | Ending | Coding | Works Cited | Notes Introduction Tensions and conflict between Iraq’s Kurdish minority and the central government in Baghdad have characterized Iraq since it emerged as an independent state following the … Continue reading

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Algeria: Civil war

Introduction | Atrocities | Fatalities | Ending | Coding | Works Cited | Notes Introduction Following the protracted struggle against French rule (see our case study of the war of independence), diverging visions of Algeria’s national identity competed for dominance … Continue reading

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