In Damascus, a Flag Raising That Serves Erbil and al-Sharaa Alike
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In Damascus, a Flag Raising That Serves Erbil and al-Sharaa Alike
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani was received by Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Monday,…
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The US Could Not Topple Iran’s Regime. Now It Is Trying to Crack It From Within.
The war has passed through three phases since February. The…
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Turkey Returns to Kirkuk: From a 10% Royalty in 1926 to a 15% Stake in 2026
Turkey’s state oil company TPAO has acquired a 15% stake…
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The Turkey-Israel Layer of the PKK Peace Process
The Turkey-PKK peace process contains a strategic layer that most…
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Economic Intelligence
Turkey Returns to Kirkuk: From a 10% Royalty in 1926 to a 15% Stake in 2026
Turkey’s state oil company TPAO has acquired a 15% stake…
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As Iraq’s Oil Crisis Deepens, Syria Cashes In on the Land Corridor
Syria is increasingly benefiting from the land corridor carrying Iraqi…
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Two Power Centres: How the KDP and PUK Became Different Kinds of Useful
The Kurdistan Region has one flag and is constitutionally one…
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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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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
Turkey’s Kurdish peace process presses ahead after breakthrough over the ‘framework law’
Following months of slowdown caused by the Iran war and…
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How Damascus Is Trading Institutional Manning for Coercive Penetration in Hasakah
The Syrian government has announced a provisional executive office in…
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Tehran’s Quiet Campaign on the Kurdistan Border
At least nine Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Komala movement…
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Where Turkey’s PKK Framework Law Stands
Negotiations over the legal framework for the PKK peace process…
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After the Ceasefire, Iran’s Kurdish War Moves Inside
A two-week escalation across Iranian Kurdistan has killed at least…
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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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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
Iran Strikes Kurdish Opposition Seven Times, Killing Nine and Wounding 12
Iran Strikes Kurdish Opposition Seven Times, Killing Nine and Wounding…
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Kurdistan’s Gas Boom Comes With Geopolitical Consequences
Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is increasingly establishing itself as a major…
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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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