The Shia Militias Quietly Negotiate with the US Regarding the Future of the PMF
The Shia militias and their allies have performed strongly in the Iraqi elections, with US-designated militias alone winning 80 seats…
Bypassing Its Rival, KDP Seeks New Allies to Break 13-Month Kurdistan Parliamentary Paralysis
More than 13 months after regional elections, the KDP is aggressively exploring ways to bypass its longtime partner, the PUK,…
Peace Commission to Meet Ocalan as CHP and Yeni Yol Boycott
The Turkish parliament’s peace commission, tasked with the PKK Turkey talks, is set to meet the jailed PKK leader Abdullah…
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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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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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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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