Turkey’s PKK Law: What It Will Contain and Why It Is Taking So Long
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The Iranian Kurdish front that reached the border and stopped
A United States and Israeli plan to open a Kurdish ground front inside Iran moved through months of preparation to…
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Iraq Picked an Outsider to Tame Its Militias. He May End Up Strengthening the System That Created Them.
A sweeping reshuffle of Iraq’s security, financial and border institutions,…
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What a Grand Mosque Reveals About Why Kurdistan Can’t Form a Government
Masrour Barzani’s grand mosque borrows the language of Gulf monarchy…
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Mazloum Abdi’s European tour and the limits of European influence
SDF commander Mazloum Abdi recently visited several European countries, including…
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The 8% Oil Share That Could Define the Limits of SDF Integration and Decentralization
The Syrian Energy Ministry has reportedly reached an agreement with…
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For Iraq, Hormuz Is a Boomerang
Iraq’s oil output dropped from approximately 4.3 million barrels per day before…
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Baghdad Turns to the Printing Press as Oil Revenue Holds Near $1 Billion
Iraq has begun printing money to manage the fiscal crisis…
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Afrin and Qamishli could become transit hubs in two major regional rail corridors
A major shift may be underway around two Syrian Kurdish…
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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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Turkey’s PKK Law: What It Will Contain and Why It Is Taking So Long
President Erdogan confirmed on 24 June that his government was preparing a…
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What a Grand Mosque Reveals About Why Kurdistan Can’t Form a Government
Masrour Barzani’s grand mosque borrows the language of Gulf monarchy…
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Hasakah: After the Territory, the Fight Over Coercive Power
The Latest on SDF-Damascus Integration: • The region is in…
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Turkey’s Kurdish Peace Process Reaches Its First Legislative Test
Speaking at an Eid al-Adha gathering in Van on 28…
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Bahceli Calls for Ocalan Coordinator Role as Turkey’s PKK Endgame Takes Institutional Shape
Devlet Bahceli, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader whose political…
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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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Cultural Trends & Identity
The PKK’s New Media Map Is a Political Map
The PKK-aligned movement has launched a new political-news channel, Nûçe…
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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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Data and Map Portal
Kurdistan’s Gas Boom Comes With Geopolitical Consequences
Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is increasingly establishing itself as a major natural gas hub. A new pipeline connecting the Khor Mor gas field to Chamchamal and from there to a power plant in Sulaimani was completed this week, consolidating the area…
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Peace Talks, Parallel Entrenchment: Turkey and the PKK Dig In Across Iraqi Kurdistan
Despite the PKK-Turkey peace process, both sides are quietly expanding…
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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…
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