ABDULLA HAWEZ
After Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan finally revealed the long-awaited package of democratic reforms aimed at advancing peace talks with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), PKK leaders at their base in the Qandil Mountains said they consider the package inadequate.
Turkish – Kurdish Alliance in new millennium?
IDREES MOHAMMED
The once cold relations between successive Turkish governments and the Kurdish populations have been turning hot.
IRAN AND IRAQI KURDISTAN MOVING CLOSER?
IDREES MOHAMMED
Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister recently visited Iran. He met with Iran’s top officials. The talks included a wide range of issues. The visit is important given serious internal and regional developments.
TOWARDS THE FULFILLMENT OF A DREAM: TURKEY OR KURDISTAN?
IDREES MOHAMMED
As Shiites-inspired politics go through an uncertain phase- amid the mounting pressure on Iran, and Syria’s standoff continues despite a significant investment in diplomacy, through the conflicting stance of Turkey and Iran – Iraq’s sectarian tension has hit a high point as the steady accumulation of disputes among political partners explodes, unleashing an even bigger risk to the country’s already challenged unity.
CHRISTIANS’ FUTURE IN THE IRAQI KURDISTAN
ABDULLA HAWEZ
As it becomes clear that one major outcome of the region’s revolutions will be the empowerment of Islamists, the Arab Spring threatens to become a nightmare for the Middle East’s Christian minority.
IRAN, SYRIA AND IRAQ: TURKEY’S CHALLENGING TRIANGLE?
IDREES MOHAMMED
Turkey is facing a difficult period with respect to ties with its triangle of neighbors: Iran, Syria and Iraq. Their current domestic situations and foreign policies are now endangering Turkey’s own domestic stability and foreign policy.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD’S OPPONENTS ARE FLOWING TO KURDISTAN
ABDULLA HAWEZ
Lately, Iraqi Kurdistan has witnessed vital political activity, starting from Burhan Ghalioun, chairman of the Syrian National Council (SNC)’s visit to Walid Jumblatt, Lebanese prominent druze leader, to Samir Geagea, from Lebanese opposition bloc, to Turkey’s deputy foreign minister, Feridun Sinirlioglu.
US WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ – MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
IRAM RAMZAN
In the run up to the invasion of Iraq, The Sun ran the headline: ‘Brits 45 mins from doom”. Other newspapers echoed the sentiments. Saddam Hussein, it was claimed, did have weapons of mass destruction and was prepared to use them.
WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN IRAQ?
ABDULLA HAWEZ
The recent tension in Baghdad between Nouri Al-Maliki’s Shiite Iraqi prime minister with both Iraqi president’s deputy Tariq Al-Hashimi, and his deputy for service affairs, Salih Mutlaq, which both are Sunnis is highly connected with the regional tension between Iran and Turkey on Syria, also the timing is connected
SYRIA, IRAQ AND THE SHIITES
AYMENN JAWAD AL-TAMIMI
Unrest in Syria is unlikely to cause sectarian problems in Iraq.