Iraq’s Customs War Is Quietly Rerouting Trade and Draining Kurdistan’s Gateways
Customs revenue at the Kurdistan Region’s border crossings has collapsed…
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Turkey’s Legal Reforms Due by Late February as PKK Gara–Hakurk Pullout Is Expected to Follow
The Turkish parliament’s peace commission has extended its work through…
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A New Account of Israel–SDF Ties Raises the Stakes for Syria’s Northeast
The Washington Post reports that the SDF “maintains ties to…
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Mapped, Exposed, Targetable: How Strike Risk Is Forcing a Managed Militia Transition
In an unusual statement, the head of Iraq’s top judicial…
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Damascus Tests the SDF With a “Three Divisions” Offer
The Syrian government and the SDF are accelerating talks ahead…
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How a bitter Washington divorce unravelled the secret U.S. fortune of the Barzani brothers
In a sprawling series of federal lawsuits filed between August…
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Syria’s Kurds Are Stronger Than Ever. That May Not Be Enough.
Trump’s newly released National Security Strategy offers the clearest lens…
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US House Repeal of Caesar Sanctions Is a Major Win for Ahmed al-Sharaa – Here Is Why
The US House of Representatives has passed a repeal of…
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Iraq Posts 8.8 Trillion Dinar Deficit in First Nine Months of 2025 as Wage Bill and Pensions Surge
Iraq’s Ministry of Finance close the first three quarters of…
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A Pipeline Uday Hussein Built to Evade Sanctions Now Bankrolls Syria’s Kurds
The SDF-led administration in northeast Syria has increased its oil…
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