The Kurdistan Workers’ Party is under mounting pressure.
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Outside observers are keen to declare the Syrian conflict almost over. It is anything but.
On Nov. 12, a 7.3 magnitude quake killed some 500 and injured 7,000 along the Iran-Iraq border. This Kurdish area has also been crushed by war and, after a recent separatist vote, militarily attacked.
A decade and a half after it was invaded in the name of spreading democracy, Iraq turns out to have been set up to fail.
It seems almost inevitable Iraqi Kurdistan will separate from the rest of Iraq – but going it alone will be hugely difficult.
Catalonia and Kurdistan are both holding referendums on independence this year. But is it that simple to break free?
Iraqi Kurds will vote Yes to independence in September – and it could lead to trouble.
A second bomb in the Turkish capital in three weeks raises the question of who are the main players in the violent struggle.
Tensions between the two groups have hit breaking point in Turkey – but both have large diaspora communities.
Things are going from bad to worse in Turkey. Why – and where will it end?
What prompted Turkey’s punishing campaign against both Islamic State and Kurdish forces in Iraq and Syria? The explanation for this sharp reversal of policy may lie in calculations for fresh elections.
After overrunning Mosul in June 2014, Islamic State (IS) hastily and brutally occupied soft targets in poorly protected areas of ethnic minorities – the villages of Kurds, Christians, and Yezidis on the…
As the battle against Islamic State fighters draws in viewers across the world, there has been some attention given to the men and women resisting them in northern Syria. The Syrian part of Kurdistan…
To those of us living in Australia, conflict can seem surreal and distant. Yes, we see it on the television, but it is hard to imagine the chaos and horror that accompanies war and conflict. It is not…
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