The Iran Protest Wave’s Surprise Epicenter: Shi’a Kurdish Ilam
As the January 2026 Iran protest wave continues, after first erupting on 28 December 2025, some of the largest protests…
As the SDF Integration Deadline Nears, the Leaks Tell the Real Story
As the year-end deadline for SDF integration into the HTS-led Syrian army looms, a war of leaks is sweeping the…
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 the end of February—aimed at advancing legal reforms—amid Turkish media…
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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 2023 and late 2025, Mahtaub Moore — a former Republican congressional candidate and veteran political operative — has alleged that…
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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 for understanding why northeast Syria’s political options are foreclosing. The document is not a Syria policy memo, but it establishes…
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Will Turkey Let Mazloum Abdi and Ilham Ahmed Visit Ocalan on Imrali soon?
According to the official summary of the Turkish parliamentary peace commission’s visit to Abdullah Ocalan, when he was asked about SDF commander Mazloum Abdi, Ocalan confirmed that Abdi is “close…
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Ocalan’s Ascent to ‘Father of the Kurds’: The PKK’s Ideologue and ‘Semi-Divine’ Centre of Gravity
This past week, three MPs who together represent a majority in the Turkish parliament flew by helicopter to the island prison of İmralı in the Sea of Marmara and spent…
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Turkey Moves to Finalise PKK Disarmament Law as Imrali Talks With Ocalan Conclude
Following the historic visit by PKK–Turkey peace commission delegation to Abdullah Ocalan and its briefing to Turkey’s top security council, a package of parliamentary legal reforms is now expected to…
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Turkey’s Peace Commission Votes for Historic Visit to PKK Leader Ocalan; CHP Boycotts
Turkey’s parliamentary peace process commission voted today to conduct a historic in-person visit to jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, despite the main opposition party’s refusal to participate. The motion passed…
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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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