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…
KRG Cabinet Formation Deadlock Passes 653 Days, Longer Than Brussels or Belfast
Six hundred and fifty-three days have passed since the Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections on 20 October 2024, and the tenth…
In Damascus, a Flag Raising That Serves Erbil and al-Sharaa Alike
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani was received by Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa at the People’s Palace in Damascus on Monday,…
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The US Could Not Topple Iran’s Regime. Now It Is Trying to Crack It From Within.
The war has passed through three phases since February. The American and Israeli campaign that opened it to produce the collapse of the Islamic Republic, and the ceasefire of 8…
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The Turkey-Israel Layer of the PKK Peace Process
The Turkey-PKK peace process contains a strategic layer that most analysis leaves out. Between late 2024 and mid-2026, the external power competing with Turkey over the future of the Kurdish…
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As the PKK Makes Peace with Turkey, It Is Quietly Building Up Along Iran’s Border
Despite the ongoing peace process with Turkey, under which it is expected to disarm and withdraw from its bases along Iraq’s border with Turkey, the PKK and its affiliates are…
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Turkey’s Kurdish peace process presses ahead after breakthrough over the ‘framework law’
Following months of slowdown caused by the Iran war and by disagreement over the nature of the draft bill that will pave the way for the return of PKK-linked fighters,…
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How Damascus Is Trading Institutional Manning for Coercive Penetration in Hasakah
The Syrian government has announced a provisional executive office in Hasakah province with a roughly 6:4 ratio favouring SDF-linked appointees over Damascus appointees. This has provoked criticism from some Arab…
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Tehran’s Quiet Campaign on the Kurdistan Border
At least nine Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Komala movement were killed today in an Iranian attack in Sulaimani province. The strike caps a violent stretch inside Iran’s majority Kurdish…
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Iran’s Power in Iraq Has Become Harder to See
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi arrived in Washington on Monday for his first foreign trip since taking office, leading a delegation that includes the foreign and oil ministers and the…
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