Turkish bases are thinning Kurdistan’s border woodland, satellite data show, but far less than claimed
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Politics and Policy
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 mountains of northern Amedi district, in Duhok province, for Turkish…
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Iraq’s Armed Factions Win the U.S. Withdrawal and Keep Their Weapons for Now
The last U.S. troops leave Iraq today, ending the mission…
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As US Troops Leave Iraq, America’s Security Model in the Middle East Is Unravelling
US forces are leaving Iraq and Syria as Iranian strikes…
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Peshmerga Unification Codifies the KDP-PUK Military Divide
The Kurdistan Region’s new military structure keeps the KDP and…
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Economic Intelligence
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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Iraq’s Oil Revenue Is Recovering, but Its Export Geography Has Changed
Iraq’s oil-export collapse has begun to reverse, but the recovery…
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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
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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KRG Cabinet Formation Deadlock Passes 653 Days, Longer Than Brussels or Belfast
Six hundred and fifty-three days have passed since the Kurdistan…
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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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Cultural Trends & Identity
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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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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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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