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Turkey's Kurdish guerrilla war will not end soon

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TURKEY

This is one of the few successes the military have had on the ground since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended the ceasefire with the PKK on July 24.

Turkey's economy and security are Erdogan's key risks

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TURKEY

There are no declared candidates and the new man will be in effect the personal appointee of President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, whose dominance over the country seems greater than…

Relations between Iraqi and Syrian Kurds worsen

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SYRIA/IRAQ

This is part of a wider rift between Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Syrian Kurdish forces, the latter divided among themselves. The KRG closed two border…

Guerrillas could prompt Turkish state of emergency

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TURKEY

They were responding to increasingly serious attacks on Turkish soldiers and police by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas in eastern Turkey. With President Recep Tayyip…

Turkey's Kurdish guerrillas are beaten, not finished

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TURKEY

If it was a suicide bomb, that would point to Islamist militants rather than the secular Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its supporters, who have fought a bitter but losing…

Turkey will shift focus to Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq

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TURKEY

Since the breakdown of the peace process with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in July 2016, Erdogan’s policy of all-out violence has to outward appearances smashed the Kurds’…

Syria players’ next steps hinge on US withdrawal plans

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SYRIA

Confusion still reigns over US military policy on Syria two months after US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a withdrawal. Washington is seeking a deal between Kurdish…

Northern Syria's endgame will erode Kurdish autonomy

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SYRIA

This follows a controversy after leaked comments from security sources that the operation was “over”. Fighting continues on the ground, principally small-scale skirmishes and…

The way is open for more Turkish operations in Syria

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TURKEY/SYRIA

It was just 58 days after Turkey launched an invasion aimed at seizing Afrin from Syrian Kurdish rebels whom Ankara regards as terrorists. Turks have been jubilant at what is…

Turkish war with Kurds will store up trouble for years

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TURKEY

Turkey is gradually winning its war against the secessionist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The state’s hold on the Kurdish-populated south-east no longer faces a serious…