The Iran war is driving an emerging realignment of Kurdish actors
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Politics and Policy
The Iran war is driving an emerging realignment of Kurdish actors
As the Iran war continues and geopolitical alignments across the Middle East undergo a profound transformation, an important but largely…
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Iraq’s Holdout Militias Tie Their Weapons to the US-Iran War, Beyond the Reach of Baghdad’s Talks
In a phone call on 5 November, US President Donald…
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PUK to Leave KRG Cabinet and Seek Separate Sulaimani Region, Source Says
The PUK, dominated by the Talabani family and controlling the…
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The Hormuz Crisis Could Weaken al-Sharaa’s Support and Tighten His Grip
As the Hormuz crisis continues, Syria is facing a worsening…
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Economic Intelligence
Planned Iraqi Crude Shipments Set to Expand Syria’s Oil Transit Earnings
Iraq is preparing to begin exporting crude oil overland through…
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What Syria, Iraq and Turkey reveal about the scale of the global energy shock
On 14 September, Syria saw its largest protests since the fall of…
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Iraq’s 75% Oil Rebound in August Cost $2 Billion in Discounts
SOMO’s August tables show 73.7 million barrels exported, the strongest…
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Iraq’s Oil Is Flowing Again. Its Budget Gap Is Not Closing.
Before the Iran war, which started on February 28, Iraq…
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Explainers
Peshmerga Unification Codifies the KDP-PUK Military Divide
The Kurdistan Region’s new military structure keeps the KDP and PUK hierarchies intact, gives each sweeping control over appointments and…
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What Turkey’s Religious Communities Reveal About Its Regional Cultures
Turkey’s latest operation against the Suleymancilar religious community has reopened…
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Amedspor and the Kurdish Question’s New Public Arena
For the first time in their history, Amedspor will play…
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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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Human Rights & Governance
The Hormuz Crisis Could Weaken al-Sharaa’s Support and Tighten His Grip
As the Hormuz crisis continues, Syria is facing a worsening…
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Arab Belt Settlers Made Up About 5% of Hasakah, and Up to a Fifth of Its Border Countryside
Fifty-two years after the Regional Command of the Ba’ath Party,…
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Turkish bases are thinning Kurdistan’s border woodland, satellite data show, but far less than claimed
Trucks carrying freshly felled timber have been filmed leaving the…
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Damascus Moves From Nominal to Physical Security Control in Hasakah
New on the SDF-Damascus integration agreement: Yesterday and today, a…
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What happens now after Turkey’s PKK framework law has been approved?
A new phase has opened with the Turkish parliament’s approval…
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Turkey’s PKK Framework Law Sets a Controlled First Stage in a Wider Regional Project
Parliament is expected to pass the 12-article law governing the…
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Cultural Trends & Identity
As Its Affiliates Integrate Into Host States, the PKK’s Regional Network Could Grow Stronger
The PKK’s regional integration in Syria and Iraq, alongside its…
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Arab Belt Settlers Made Up About 5% of Hasakah, and Up to a Fifth of Its Border Countryside
Fifty-two years after the Regional Command of the Ba’ath Party,…
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The PKK Is Rebuilding Its Media as a Civilian Political Network
The PKK-aligned movement has spent the past eighteen months restructuring…
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What Turkey’s 12-Article PKK Law Does, and What It Leaves for Later
Turkey’s new twelve-article framework establishes the first legal structure for…
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Data and Map Portal
Kurdish-majority and mixed cities of over 100,000 in Iraq and Syria
As we have noted before, demographics are one of the key differences between Iraqi and Syrian Kurds and a main reason their models have diverged so sharply. Urban settlement is one of the clearest examples. Cities shape how wars are…
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Iranian Kurdish Armed Attacks Decline After May–July Surge, with Pro-PKK Groups Dominating Activity
Attacks by Iranian Kurdish groups inside Iran have declined after…
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