MESOP SHORT CUTS : Iraq Insurgency Shakes Up Alliances

10-7-2014 – Kurdish ministers said they will boycott Iraqi cabinet meetings after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused the largely autonomous region of harboring the Sunni extremists who have overrun large swathes of the country (Rudaw). Meanwhile, the insurgency is pushing Iran and its Sunni rivals to find common ground (WSJ). Read more: www.mesop.de