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One of the oldest conflicts in West Asia -- the so-called 'Kurdish question' -- is currently inching closer to a solution.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country, the United States, Syria and Iraq have formed a working group to try ...
The Trump administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as easing restrictions on ...
The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy The formal ...
Erdogan has led Turkey for 22 years, and been president for the past 11, but cannot run again without changing the rules.
The armed insurgency of the PKK began in 1984, rooted in the Turkish state’s longstanding repression of Kurdish identity ... maintaining regional relevance and expanding its power across nation-state ...
They’ve proven themselves to be one of America’s most reliable partners in the Middle East — but the Kurdish people still have no real homeland of their own. As Masrour Barzani, the prime ...
It was the most encouraging event we have been to in the region. The Kurdish regional government is setting a rare example in the Middle East. While many of its neighbors double down on ...
Iraq's Oil Minister Has 'Reservations' About Energy Agreements Signed by Kurdish Region By Muayad Kenany and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's oil minister said that the federal government ...
WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani will oversee the signing of two energy agreements worth a combined $110 billion over their lifetimes with U.S. companies ...
A Kurdish father stranded at a refugee camp in Iraq 24 years ago made a fateful choice he thought was really no choice at all. Determined not to return to a country plagued by civil war ...