Turkey’s Slow-Motion Encircling and Elimination of the YPG
The YPG hangs the Syrian flag as a ploy when Turkey suggests a fresh operation, but whether they are aware of it or not, this doesn’t anger Ankara.
The YPG hangs the Syrian flag as a ploy when Turkey suggests a fresh operation, but whether they are aware of it or not, this doesn’t anger Ankara.
With Turkish absence, Idlib would face huge destruction, indiscriminate bombing, massacres, huge refugee flows and would become a new Raqqa,…
With the rights arising from the 1926 Treaty of Ankara, Turkey is expected to exercise pressure on the Iraqi central…
The PYD stated that they would be ready to perform their duty at a possible conflict in Kirkuk, which clearly…
Threats of sanctions combined with sharp remarks by Ankara, Tehran and Baghdad along with attacks and escalated tensions in Kirkuk…
For Turkey, who accomplished a great deal in her fight against the PKK within domestic borders, it is unacceptable for…
An independent Iraqi Kurdistan would probably lead to yet another round of conflict in Iraq’s never-ending civil war. In the…
Drones that were first used for reconnaissance and surveillance activities on a tactical level in Iraq and Syria are now…
The fundamental reason for Ankara’s close interest in Iraq is the country’s failure to ensure security within its own territory…
As long as the support is not united under one structure, which will benefit the interim government, the Syrian opposition…
As the referendum day is coming closer, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) shows no sign of stepping back despite disputes…
Despite huge American support, PKK-affiliated YPG forces are trying hard to take Raqqa from DAESH. After the quick withdrawal of…
Questions linger about the timing of the Independence referendum to be held in Northern Iraq on September 25, and how…
Turkey should give clear signals to both al-Abadi and Iran that Kirkuk is an issue that touches its national security…
The referendum and possible independence process gets even more complicated when the non-Kurdish actors –both within and out of Iraq-…
Although a regional diplomatic crisis has plagued the Gulf in the past, the recent crisis has gone beyond a diplomatic…
Last month, two developments that are of vital importance for Palestinian politics occurred. First, the Hamas movement released its much-anticipated…
Gulf states have been at the center of the world’s attention since the May 20 Riyadh Summit, where President Trump…
After the recent death of senior Daesh operative Abdurakhmon Uzbeki as a result of a US Special Forces raid in…
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