ENKS Seeks Its Own Lane as Damascus Plays Kurdish Factions Against Each Other
A delegation from the Syrian Kurdish National Council, known as…
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Four Maps That Explain Iran’s Complex Kurdish-Populated Provinces
To outsiders, the Kurdish region of Iran, often called Rojhelat…
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What the SDF-Damascus Deal Really Says About Kurdish Autonomy
As more details of the SDF-Damascus agreement become available, the…
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Trump’s Veto Throws Iraq’s Prime Minister Race Into Turmoil
After Iraq’s Shia-led Coordination Framework bloc, following lengthy deliberations, announced…
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How Turkey Turned the Smelka Crossing Into One of the Middle East’s Most Surveilled Borders
As intermittent clashes in Syria’s Hasakah province move closer to…
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As ISIS Detainees Move Out, Pressure Mounts on the SDF in Hasakah
Despite the ceasefire extension for an additional 15 days, both…
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Damascus’s Hasakah advance threatens the KDP’s border leverage
The KDP, the dominant party in the Kurdistan Region, has…
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Syrian Kurdish Leaders Say They Were Promised One Thing. The Deal Says Another.
As the Syrian army advances toward Hasakah city and presses…
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Syrian Army Presses Toward Tabqa as SDF Seeks U.S. Lifeline in Erbil
The Syrian army is continuing its westward pressure on SDF-held…
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Damascus Won Aleppo. The Next Battle Could Decide the SDF’s Fate.
The Syrian government’s victory in Aleppo should not be underestimated.…
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