While neighbouring Kurds make headlines, tensions simmer quietly in Iran as an exiled Kurdish group seeks to capitalise on growing discontent.
Middle East Eye: Iran’s forgotten Kurds plot a comeback

While neighbouring Kurds make headlines, tensions simmer quietly in Iran as an exiled Kurdish group seeks to capitalise on growing discontent.
Anger at Israeli killings of Palestinians has distracted from Hamas’ leadership failure.
In fight for Iraq’s second city, Iraqi elite forces admit to struggling with IS’s endless supply of mechanised suicide bombers.
As Iraqi forces in Mosul engage in some of the fiercest fighting yet against ISIL, Florian Neuhof takes a look at life […]
With fighting still ongoing on the other side of the river, some semblance of normality is slowly returning to eastern Mosul.