Trump Finds His Scapegoat for a Failed Iran Strategy: the Kurds
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Trump Finds His Scapegoat for a Failed Iran Strategy: the Kurds
The US President Donald Trump accused “the Kurds” of diverting weapons he says were intended for Iranian anti-government protesters, claiming…
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Syria’s Kurds: Peripheral to the Centre, Central to the Periphery
An earlier National Context report showed how the demographic map…
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Pentagon Zeroes Out Peshmerga Funding as Lebanon and Jordan Enter the Picture
The Pentagon’s budget request for next year proposes to end…
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Iraq’s CEO Candidate
Iraq’s Coordination Framework on April 27 named businessman Ali al-Zaidi…
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Economic Intelligence
Iraq’s Oil Revenue Has Collapsed. The Question Now Is How Long the State Can Hold.
Iraq entered April having already recorded its worst monthly oil…
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Turkey, Syria, and Iraq edge toward a rail corridor that bypasses the KRG
On April 4, 2026, Turkish Transportation Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced…
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Iraq’s Oil Exports Collapsed by 82% in March as SOMO Scrambles to Build Emergency Alternatives
The war’s first full month wiped out most of Iraq’s…
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The Pipeline Card: Why the KRG’s Strongest Lever May Be Its Most Dangerous
Iraq’s oil minister said today that Kirkuk crude would be…
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Amedspor and the Kurdish Question’s New Public Arena
For the first time in their history, Amedspor will play in Turkey’s top division. The promotion is a football story,…
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Courts, Coercion and Control: Why SDF-Damascus Integration Is Hitting Its Real Test
On the latest developments in the SDF-Damascus integration process, a…
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The War Did Not Break Iran’s PKK Exception. It Revealed How Deep It Runs
Much of the discussion around the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran…
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Why Iran’s Kurds Are the Most Divided Kurdish Population
The Kurds of Iran are the most internally divided Kurdish…
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Human Rights & Governance
The Demographics That Doomed a Kurdish National Project in Syria
A micro-level look at the demographics of northern Syria reveals…
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Why Turkey’s PKK Peace Process Has Stalled
More than a year after Abdullah Ocalan called for disarmament…
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For the KDP, Mansour Barzani’s U.S. Bribery Case Comes at the Worst Possible Time
On April 22, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil…
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How a Cross-Sectarian Bloc Led by Iraq’s Next Generation Is Reshaping the Country
Across-sectarian bloc led by five of Iraq’s next-generation political leaders…
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Kobani’s new administrative formula shows what post-SDF integration looks like
The new administrative lineup in Kobani is beginning to reveal…
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Exposed and Disposable: Why Iranian Kurdish Groups May Be the War’s Biggest Losers
As the United States and Iran are reported to have…
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Cultural Trends & Identity
The Demographics That Doomed a Kurdish National Project in Syria
A micro-level look at the demographics of northern Syria reveals…
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Casualty Data Point to a Narrow Social Base for Iran’s Exiled Kurdish Parties
The exiled armed parties have built their strategy around merging…
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Why Iran’s Kurds Are the Most Divided Kurdish Population
The Kurds of Iran are the most internally divided Kurdish…
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Kurdish Gains in Syria Are Real. A Kurdish Region Is Not.
Several important developments in recent weeks have made the direction…
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Data and Map Portal
12 Strikes on Iranian Kurdish Opposition Sites in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Since the April 8 Ceasefire
Since the April 8 US-Iran ceasefire, Iranian and Iran-aligned Iraqi militia attacks on Iranian Kurdish opposition sites in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have not stopped. There have been at least 12 direct drone and missile strikes on these groups’…
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Iran and Allied Groups Have Struck at Least 54 Locations Across the Kurdistan Region in Five Weeks of War
Iran and Allied Groups Have Struck at Least 54 Locations…
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Kataib Hezbollah Bears the Heaviest Toll as U.S.-Israeli Air Campaign Strikes Dozens of PMF Sites Across Iraq
A detailed accounting of strikes from late February through late…
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