Welcome to the Kosrat Rasool Ali Historical Archive
2026-06-17
The first public version of the archive is now live.
Read article →2026-06-17
The first public version of the archive is now live.
Read article →2022-09-17
A substantial Sorani-language biographical archive entry on Kosrat Rasul Ali. It records his underground political activity, imprisonment under the Ba'ath regime, leadership respon
Read article →2021-10-05
A Sorani biography independently preserving many of the same milestones found in Kurdish archival accounts, including underground organization in Erbil, Malband command, the 1991 u
Read article →1988-01-28
A detailed Sorani account of the 28 January 1988 Sari Rash operation. The account explicitly identifies Kosrat Rasul Ali as the originator and planner of the operation while he was
Read article →2026-03-11
A detailed retrospective account of the liberation of Erbil on 11 March 1991. It describes a call from Kosrat Rasul Ali, deployment of Peshmerga forces and underground cells, and a
Read article →1991-03-11
Archival Sorani video material from the beginning of the Erbil uprising on 11 March 1991. Kurdipedia's record explicitly notes the appearance of Kosrat Rasul and Khurshid Shera in
Read article →2020-04-11
A Sorani commemorative statement describing the Battle of Kore and explicitly placing PUK forces at the Kore pass under the supervision of Kosrat Rasul Ali, with Hassan Koistani na
Read article →1991-06-10
A Sorani archival video record dated 10 June 1991 in Shaqlawa showing Kosrat Rasul together with Rebaz, Hassan Koistani and Farouq Jabbar at a family celebration.
Read article →1991
Journalist and photographer Chris Kutschera's archive identifies photographs he took of Kosrat Rassul in Erbil in 1991 and records his reputation as a PUK commander during the batt
Read article →2003-03-31
Contemporary reporting on the U.S.-Kurdish assault that drove Ansar al-Islam from positions in northeastern Iraq. Veteran Kurdish fighter Kosrat Rasul Ali is directly quoted in the
Read article →2003-09-06
A contemporary New York Times report on the Kurdish operation that captured former Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan. Kosrat Rasool is identified as the senior PUK leader wh
Read article →2003-12-15
One of the strongest contemporary sources concerning Kosrat Rasul's reported role in the search for Saddam Hussein. Ahmad Chalabi publicly confirmed that the PUK played a role in l
Read article →2003-12
A contemporary press review collecting reporting that disputed a purely U.S.-only account of the intelligence trail to Saddam and identified Kosrat Rasul as an important Kurdish fi
Read article →2015-01-30
Italian frontline reportage from Kirkuk centered on Kosrat Rasul Ali during the war against ISIS. The article presents him as being on the front line and records his views on the w
Read article →2015-12
A policy study of the fragmented Peshmerga system. It identifies Kosrat Rasul Ali as a senior PUK figure within the military-political command structure and discusses the limits of
Read article →2016-11-29
Official Tuscany regional-government record awarding the 2016 Pegaso d'Oro — the region's highest distinction — to Kosrat Ali Rasul, with an explicit citation of his political and
Read article →2016-10-22
Contemporary reporting on the October 2016 ISIS attack inside Kirkuk. The report directly attributes to KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul Ali a statement that most of the city had be
Read article →2017-01-18
A substantial interview with Kosrat Rasul Ali on Kurdish unity, internal political problems, the post-Mosul environment and challenges facing the Kurdistan Region.
Read article →2017-10-11
Contemporary analysis of divisions inside Kurdish politics over the 2017 independence referendum. It specifically identifies Kosrat Rasul as a senior PUK leader who backed the vote
Read article →2017-10-13
Reuters reporting from three days before Iraqi forces took Kirkuk. Kosrat Rasul directly stated that thousands of additional Peshmerga had been deployed amid the escalating confron
Read article →2017-10-18
A major international primary source: an opinion article authored by Kosrat Rasul Ali and published by CNN on 18 October 2017, immediately after the Kirkuk crisis. He argues for Ku
Read article →2017-10-19
Reuters report documenting the Iraqi Supreme Justice Council's arrest order for Kosrat Rasul after statements concerning the federal forces that entered Kirkuk.
Read article →2017-10-19
A detailed contemporary report quoting the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council's stated basis for the arrest warrant against Kosrat Rasul and linking it to his description of federal fo
Read article →2017-11-12
A post-crisis analysis of the fall of Kirkuk that distinguishes Kosrat Rasul from other PUK factions and states that Peshmerga units loyal to him attempted to resist advancing Iraq
Read article →2026-08
A detailed military study identifying Hezekani Kosrat Rasul as Kosrat Rasul Ali's personal force and tracing its participation in fighting around Jalawla during the ISIS war and re
Read article →2022-09-25
A Sorani report reproducing Kosrat Rasul's reflections on the fifth anniversary of the 2017 referendum. He describes the vote as a source of pride and discusses his responsibility
Read article →2017-06-17
A critical Sorani report making allegations against armed personnel said to be linked to Kosrat Rasul in Sulaymaniyah. It is preserved to document critical contemporary coverage, n
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