Syria/Iraq: What would an end of the PKK mean for the Kurds in the Middle East?
Following the call by Abdullah Ocalan to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK, and to lay down arms, Syrian affiliates ...
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Baghdad revisited: Iraq balances on a tightrope
Reflections on a recent visit to Baghdad. Much has changed and ordinary life has resumed in Iraq's capital, but deep ...
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Turkey cautiously optimistic about Syria’s deal with the Kurds
Mazloum Abdi has effectively marked the end of the autonomous administration ... Ankara last week established a new platform ...
US steered Syrian Kurds towards Damascus deal, sources say
The deal would allow Kurdish-led forces which hold a quarter of Syria to merge with Damascus, along with regional Kurdish ...
Syria's government signs breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces
The deal - to be implemented by the end of the year - would bring all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in the northeast under the central government's control.