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No. 4 The Opportunist Massoud Barzani.

Authors :
Vick, Karl
Source :
TIME Magazine; 12/22/2014, Vol. 184 Issue 24/25, p128-133, 4p, 1 Color Photograph
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

The article discusses Iraqi Kurdistan's President and opportunist Massoud Barzani who came in fourth place in the voting for "Time" Magazine's Person of the Year in 2014, focusing on a military alliance between the U.S. and Barzani's government in a campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) extremist group. The Kurdish peshmerga fighters are mentioned, along with the border town of Kobani, Syria and U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy for combating ISIS.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0040781X
Volume :
184
Issue :
24/25
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
TIME Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
99913576