The Turkish-US visa spat was triggered by Kurdish dispute, Ankara’s flight from NATO to the Russian-Iranian fold
As of Monday, Oct. 9, US missions in Turkey have suspended non-immigrant visa services and closed their doors to the
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Iraq has slim hope of Iranian-Turkish backing against Kurds – even economic warfare
Amid all the muscle-flexing and the beating of war drums, Iraq, Turkey and Iraq are thinking twice before going
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Kurdistan Weathers Its Referendum Unscathed, Kirkuk Oil Continues to Flow
Clouds of fantasy hang over the independence referendum staged by the Kurdish Republic of Iraq (KRG) ion Monday, Sept. 25.
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Iraqi Kurds vote for independence. Barzani: Our borders lie where our tanks stop
The 5.2 million eligible voters of the semiautonomous Kurdish Republic of Iraq avow their desire on Monday, Sept. 25 to
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How the Kurdish Independence Bid Sent Turkey Running into Iran’s Arms
The US military command in Syria strongly suspects that the Turkish-backed rebels who opened fire on US forces in northern
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After Trump’s Pullback from Syria, Erdogan Cozies up to Iran, Beckons to Jordan
The United States and NATO pretend that Turkey is still a trusted Western ally. In Washington, the Trump administration acts
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Where Have 30,000 Jihadis Gone? Regrouping for Revised, Massive ISIS Terror
“Let’s hope that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is deader than a doornail,” Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the US commander in
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Russia Joins Turkey to Clobber Syrian Kurds in Efrin
In a double game typical of the players in the Syrian conflict, 150 Russian troops in armored personnel carriers drove
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Turkey Joins Iran’s Anti-US Ranks on Burning Regional Issues
Turkey, the Middle East’s perennial odd man out, has just jumped into bed with his latest significant other, Iran. Their
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Washington Speaks with Two Voices on Qatar Crisis. Doha’s Elders Take Charge
Three weeks into the Gulf dispute sparked by the decision of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the UAE to impose
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