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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 a question that has existed since the breakdown of the alliance between the AKP and the Gulen movement: what determines…
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Turkey Nears Certifying the PKK Dissolved as PJAK Expands Along the Iranian Frontier
Turkey’s parliament passed the Law called ‘Strengthening National Solidarity and Social Integration’ in early August, the framework governing the return and legal reintegration of PKK members. However, for the law…
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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 remains incomplete and the crisis has changed how Iraqi crude reaches international markets. The monthly data now show a clear…
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The Kurdistan Region’s Emerging Strategic Geography
The Kurdistan Region’s energy and industrial map shows an emerging strategic geography in which the KDP and PUK, the two ruling parties that already run separate administrative systems inside one…
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Iraq’s Weapons Deadline: What Is Actually Being Negotiated Before 30 September
The argument over Iraq’s armed factions is an argument inside the Shia political establishment about how to protect what it has held since 2003. One camp has concluded that state…
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Iran’s Kurdish Attribution War: Who Really Has Fighters Inside Iran?
Armed attacks inside Iranian Kurdistan have increased since the ceasefire that ended the six-week war on 8 April 2026 and was formalised by the memorandum of understanding signed on 17…
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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 of a framework law on PKK disarmament. It is the first law to come out of direct negotiations conducted with…
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Syria’s Army Restructuring Shows How Damascus Intends to Absorb the SDF
President Ahmed al-Sharaa is building a military system designed to prevent any faction, including the SDF, from preserving an autonomous chain of command inside the state. The restructuring now moving…
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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 the dissolution of the PKK and for the treatment of people who are under investigation, on trial or already convicted…
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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 PKK’s dissolution within days. Its provisions are narrow, tightly sequenced and placed under state control at every stage, while the…
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