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U.S.-Designated Militias Won Seats on Every Major Shiite List
Among the five biggest Shiite lists to emerge from the November 11 parliamentary elections, each included at least one Shiite armed faction that the United States has designated as a…
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Shammar Chief Meets al-Sharaa in Most Significant SDF-Linked Tribal Outreach
Manaa Hamidi al-Jarba, the chief of the Shammar tribe – the largest Arab tribal grouping in Hasakah province – met Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus yesterday evening. Al-Jarba had…
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KRG Oil Exports Hit 200,000 bpd, Now Cover 52% of KRG Salary Bill
Iraq’s North Oil Company says around 200,000 barrels of KRG oil are currently being exported per day, a figure confirmed by the KRG’s Natural Resources Minister, who added that the…
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An Ocalan Visit and the New Architecture of Kurdish Representation
The visit of Syria’s president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, to the White House has largely been framed as a turning point in Syria’s external relations and in the international management of the…
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Bahçeli’s Offer to Meet Jailed PKK Leader Sets Off Political Earthquake in Ankara
In a speech to his party’s parliamentary group, the leader of Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and key Erdoğan ally, Devlet Bahçeli, declared that he is prepared to travel personally…
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Iraq elections: militias designated as terrorist organizations by the US take 80 parliamentary seats
Among the Shia militias that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States, at least ten have contested the elections through political parties. Although militias are not…
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Sadiqoun’s surge: how Qais al-Khazali’s movement became Iraq’s largest Shia party in parliament
In last week’s Iraqi parliamentary elections, the Sadiqoun Movement – the political wing of Asaib Ahl al-Haq – emerged as the largest Shia party in the Iraqi parliament in terms of…
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Turkey Eyes Return of Diyarbakır Mothers’ Children as Prelude to Öcalan Visit
A new round of briefings in Ankara suggests that the next moves in the Turkey–PKK peace track are converging around two linked steps: a staged return to Turkey of PKK…
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Disputed Territories: PUK Rises as KDP Loses Ground in 2025 Vote
The shift inside the Kurdish camp in the disputed territories between the 2021 and the 11 November 2025 elections needs to be read against a change in the electoral system.…
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How the KDP Reshaped Iraq’s Minority Quota Map in the 2025 Elections
The results of the nine quota seats for the Iraqi parliamentary elections held on 11 November are as follows: The KDP has managed to win five quota seats that it…
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