Campbell MacDiarmid

Campbell MacDiarmid is an Erbil-based freelance journalist covering conflict, international law, and humanitarian issues.
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An Iraqi boy drags a Kurdish flag as Iraqi forces advance toward the center of Kirkuk on Oct. 16. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
An Iraqi boy drags a Kurdish flag as Iraqi forces advance toward the center of Kirkuk on Oct. 16. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

Scenes From a Failed Secession

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KIRKUK, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 25: People are seen casting their referendum vote at a voting station on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Despite strong objection from neighboring countries and the Iraqi government. Some five million Kurds took to the polls today across three provinces in the historic independence referendum. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
KIRKUK, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 25: People are seen casting their referendum vote at a voting station on September 25, 2017 in Kirkuk, Iraq. Despite strong objection from neighboring countries and the Iraqi government. Some five million Kurds took to the polls today across three provinces in the historic independence referendum. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Not Everyone in Kurdistan Is Cheering Kurdish Independence

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From the Rise of the Caliphate to the Fall of Mosul, One Family’s Journey

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President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masoud Barzani poses for a portrait at the presidential palace at Masif, Iraqi Kurdistan on 12 June 2016 (Campbell MacDiarmid)
President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masoud Barzani poses for a portrait at the presidential palace at Masif, Iraqi Kurdistan on 12 June 2016 (Campbell MacDiarmid)

‘I Want to Die in the Shadow of the Flag of an Independent Kurdistan’

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Masoud Barzani: Why It’s Time for Kurdish Independence

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Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy.

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The Battle to Retake Mosul Is Stalemated

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Clawing Into Mosul, Block by Block

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Campbell MacDiarmid, Cengiz Yar
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Two boys stand near a burning oil pit in Qayyarah, Iraq.

The Islamic State Just Wants to Watch the World Burn

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Iraq’s Elite Soldiers Have Their Sights Set on Mosul

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