The PKK Is the Wrong Horse to Back in the Middle East
protects the YPG in the northeast corner of Syria stretching from the triangle between Turkey, Iraq, and Syria to the south of Deir ez-Zor.
Biden Places MBS under Pressure, But Keeps Him for the Future
The Americans need the Saudis to be on their side in Yemen, Iran and Iraq.
Radicalization and Religion: How It Happens?
Instead, looking at the ways religious belonging and behaving intersect with political identities and behaviors solve the puzzle of apparently very secular projects leading to political battles over Islamically correct social behaviors, which are currently happening not only in Egypt, Iraq, Sudan to name a few but also India, Myanmar or Israel.
How Do the Gulf Countries View the PKK?
n February 14, 2021, Turkey announced that the PKK (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers’ Party) had executed 13 Turkish citizens, who had been kidnapped some years ago and kept in a hideout in northern Iraq.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 with a great deal of media generated excitement largely based on his stated opposition to the invasion of Iraq, overtly backed by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Joe Biden.
Army to Protect Pakistan’s Troubled Ties with Saudi Arabia
Islamabad has also supplied troops in times of regional conflicts, especially during the Iran-Iraq War and the 1991 Gulf War.
The American Injustice Industry: Why Shutting Down Guantánamo is Not Enough
On the one hand, the entire wars against Afghanistan and Iraq were illegal under international law.
Why Did the United States Add Israel to CENTCOM?
On its website, deterring the Islamic Republic is listed by CENTCOM as its number one priority followed by supporting a political resolution in Afghanistan; “maintaining Defeat-ISIS Campaign in Syria and Iraq;” “Countering the UAS Threat” and “Weaponization of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Refugees.
Gulf Regional Rift Mended but Will It Extend to Turkey?
This convergence of counterrevolutionary states ultimately resulted in putting Turkey and Saudi Arabia on the opposite sides of the conflicts in Syria, Libya, and Iraq.
Genocide as a Label of Choice: Why Some Genocides Are More Equal Than Others
A similar approach was adopted in relation to Iraq under the governance of Saddam Hussein, while the US escaped punishment despite perpetrations that led to the killing of civilians in the country.
Islamism in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring
In Iraq, Sunni Islamism has been weakened by the excesses of violence perpetrated by Daesh.
Is the UAE-Saudi Political Alliance Sustainable?
While the UAE-Saudi Arabia axis continued its anti-Turkey policies, it also followed similar policies in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and lately in the Maghreb region.
The Insurrection and Its Discontents: American Exceptionalism Revisited
From the genocide of the Native Americans, to the enslaving of millions of Africans, to the never-ending interventions in South America - starting with the Monroe doctrine of 1823 - all the way to the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, American exceptionalism has always served the purpose of reinforcing the notion that America possesses a moral, divine right to do as it pleases for the betterment of mankind.
Political Assassinations: From the Assassins to Modern Politics
Today, most political assassinations have taken place in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Albania, and Brazil, with Afghanistan and Iraq topping the list.
“We Are Scared of Our Own Shadow”: An Interview with Raphael Liogier on Islamo-Paranoia in France
decided to go to war with Iraq without European powers for the first time.
The Beirut Port Explosion Is the Chernobyl of the Lebanese Sectarian System
Read: Iraq’s Political Sectarianism Has Divided Society In Bloody FashionAt first, the accusation will sound odd for outsiders, especially that such an unfortunate event should reasonably capture the fingerprints of the perpetrators (individuals) instead of anonymizing them.
Looking Beyond Ain Issa: The Way Forward in North East Syria
VIDEO: How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle East
If all things go bad for the YPG in Ain Issa their only road out would be to the east towards Iraq.
Sour Candy in the Mouth: US-Turkey Relations
NATO defined the overall course of relations, while the Bosnian and the Caucasus conflicts, as well as the occupation of Iraq bestowed further validity to Turkey’s position in the alliance.
Public Art in the Service of the State: Political Iconography in Iran
In parallel with these changes in the balance of power, the Iran-Iraq War began and lasted eight years.
