Turks Concerned Over Kurdish Counter-Offensive
Thousands of refugees fled northern Syria for safety in Turkey as Syrian Kurdish led forces (consisting of the YPG and...
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Shoshana Bryen: The Kurds: A Guide for U.S. Policymakers
On Sunday, June 7th Turkish voters delivered a dramatic blow to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In a historic first, a...
ISIS Stays on the Offensive
An important part of the strategy of Islamic State (ISIS) is staying on the offensive. On May 18, the Kurdish...
Could Kurdish riots in Iran be the beginning of Kurdish Spring?
On May 4, Farinaz Khosravani, a maid at the four-star Tarai hotel in Mahabad, Iran died after falling from a 4th floor...
ISIS Reportedly Deploys Chemical Weapons Against Kurds
Since October and the battle over Kobane, Kurdish fighters have repeatedly accused Islamic State of deploying chemical weaponry, chlorine gas...
Kurds Take Kobani – What’s Next?
On January 26th, Kurdish resistance fighters ousted Islamic State fighters from the northern Syrian city of Kobani, a day after...
Iraqi Kurds: West Not Providing Enough Arms to Defeat Islamic State
The President of Iraqi Kudristan Massoud Barzani has released statements over the past several days saying that western powers are...
The Key to Defeating ISIS: The Kurds
As the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate in the war against the Islamic State, one wonders how long...
Pinpointing Why?
In a press conference discussing the threat facing the Kurds of Kobanî, on the border with Turkey, Pentagon Spokesman Rear...
Think Tank Close to Obama Misses Mark on ISIS Strategy
The Center for American Progress, a think tank close to the Obama Administration, recently released a strategy proposal on how to...
Welcome, Kurdistan
Before welcoming the emerging state of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, I confess to having opposed its independence in the past....
Is Obama’s ISIS Strategy to Make It Someone Else’s Problem?
The New York Times is previewing what they say will be President Obama's strategy for deal with the Islamic State...
Why the Yazidis?
There are those in the policy community who seem a little out of sorts because the President has (after great...
Of Pallywood and Human Drama
Two stories from yesterday, which highlight the moral, and policy confusion currently affecting the United States under the current administration....
A Kurdish opportunity
There is no question that modern-day Iraq is a fractured state. This should come as no surprise, since its basic historical foundation...