Zaidi’s ‘Anti-Corruption’ Raids Follow Iraq’s Post-Succession Pattern, and Fall Hardest on Halbousi’s Rivals
Iraqi security forces detained as many as 20 senior officials…
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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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The Iranian Kurdish front that reached the border and stopped
A United States and Israeli plan to open a Kurdish…
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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 Fulcrum Doctrine: Washington’s Economic Architecture Across Iraq and Syria
On 16 June the US Embassy in Baghdad released a…
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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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With the Regime Still Standing in Tehran, Trump Finds Its Scapegoat in the Kurds, Tel Aviv in Turkey
Trump has now accused “the Kurds” five times of diverting…
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Syria Moves SDF Fighters Far From Home in Test of Army Integration
On the Syria-SDF integration front, a notable development took place…
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