Kurds
The U.S. Needs a New Policy Toward Syria
Normalization with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is emblematic of the new approach Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, once a sworn enemy of the Syrian regime, has taken. Last month Erdogan...
NATO Quid Pro Quo? Sweden to Extradite Fugitive to Turkey
The Swedish government announced on Thursday that it intended to extradite Okan Kale, a Turkish national living in Sweden, to Turkey after the Turkish government convicted him of credit card...
Is Turkey on the Brink of a New Syrian Military Operation?
At a time when the international community is largely preoccupied with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey is once again bringing to the fore the likelihood of a military assault...
Turkey Prepares for New Military Incursion Against Syrian Kurds
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed the Turkish parliament on Wednesday that the country’s military would launch an operation against Kurdish fighters in two cities in northern Syria to establish...
After Ukraine, the United States Must Reset Relations with Turkey
Turkey has been playing one of the most complex and constructive roles of any NATO member throughout the Ukraine crisis. Indeed, Ankara’s response to the conflict has been measured and...
Islamic State Launches Surprise Attack on Iraqi Peshmerga
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although ISIS was territorially defeated within Iraq in 2017, cells of the group’s adherents remain and have carried out traditional terror tactics. The Peshmerga are favorite...
ISIS Kill 5 Peshmerga in Ambush
Five Kurdish “Peshmerga” fighters were killed, and four wounded, in an Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Friday, according to Iraq’s northeastern Kurdistan Regional Government. The attack, which took place in...
Why are Kurdish Youth Fleeing Iraq en Masse?
When I recently visited Halabja, Iraqi Kurdistan, I saw empty streets that once bustled with youngsters. Yet these empty streets are keeping politicians busy from Washington to Minsk, as recently...
Kurdish Militants Kill Turkish Police; Erdogan Swears Revenge
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday that a deadly missile attack into Turkey from Syria’s northern Azaz region, blamed on the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), would be met with...
Erdogan Escalates Turkish Campaign to Disenfranchise Six Million Pro-Kurdish Voters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is caught in the midst of a steep economic downturn and souring ties with the United States. There is even a Turkish mob boss-turned-whistleblower on...
The Turkish Nationalist Attack on the Kurdish HDP Is Just the Beginning
On June 17, a Turkish nationalist extremist attacked the Izmir offices of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), killing a Kurdish HDP staffer named Deniz Poyraz. It became clear immediately that...
Turkey Is Targeting the PKK’s Popularity in Iraq
After four decades of fighting, almost 40,000 casualties, and billions of dollars spent, Turkey has failed to contain Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Despite many cross-border operations, the group seems as...