Trump’s “Realistic” Jerusalem Approach Fine-Tunes Palestinian Options
US President Donald Trump’s deliberate departure from the course of his predecessors by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the
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Turkey
Thousands of Chinese elite troops head to Syria to combat Uighur Islamists
The latest DEBKA Weekly out Friday, Dec. 1, reveals that Beijing is deploying to Syria thousands of members of two elite
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Scant Hope of a Quick Syria Breakthrough Despite Putin’s Intense Planning
At Russian President Vladimir Putin’s villa at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on Nov. 22, three powers appointed themselves
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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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