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Tag Archives: PKK
“Inconveniently, Michael Doran has proven to be right on very big questions on which nearly everyone else in Washington turned out to be wrong”
TABLET MAG If Michael Doran were on Wall Street, he’d be a billionaire by Liel Leibovitz October 30, 2019 …While Americans fondly speak of “the Kurds,” Doran insisted, there was in fact no such unified entity: The Kurds in Iraq … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Iraq, Kurds, Michael Doran, PKK, Syria, Turkey
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Turkey’s Big Con
WORLD AFFAIRS JOURNAL by Michael J. Totten August 4, 2015 ….Turkey just can’t stand to see an autonomous Kurdish region take shape along its border in Northern Syria. It’s understandable up to a point. The Syrian Kurdish militias are aligned … Continue reading
Turkey and the Battle for Kobane
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE by Soner Cagaptay October 8, 2014 Turkey’s primary objective in Syria is to oust the Assad regime, so it is unlikely to materially help the besieged enclave without U.S. and Kurdish commitments toward that goal. In the past … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Sham, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamic State of Iraq, Kobane, Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, PYD, Syria, Turkey
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Defending New Kurdish Borders with the PKK: The Battle For Iraq [CLICK FOR VIDEO]
VICE NEWS August 29, 2014 After conquering large swathes of Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State is now tearing up the near century-old map of the region and drawing new boundaries. The ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK
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