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Despite rivalry between the leading Kurdish parties of Syria and Iraq, the October 9 Turkish incursion into Syria sparked widespread anger among Iraqi Kurds. They fear a new…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247599
ISSN: 2633-304X
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TURKEY: Crackdown on Kurds will follow bombing
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES273999
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Iraqi security forces took control of Kirkuk following a controversial independence referendum in September 2017. Since then, security in the area has deteriorated, with an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB232240
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His statement, made in Iran shortly after a visit to Turkey -- two countries strongly opposed to Kurdish secession -- implicitly rejects an offer made yesterday by the Kurdistan…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225393
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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…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB207783
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The Turkish government's crackdown on internal dissent, and its opposition to Kurdish groups at home and abroad have placed its NATO ally, the United States, in an awkward…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210609
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Baghdad and Erbil are currently negotiating a new budget agreement covering oil revenue and fiscal transfers, which could provide immediate relief. However, internal divisions are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253627
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Prospects for Turkey in 2018.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB225705
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The support of two-thirds of the 329 MPs is needed to back a new government. However, neither of the two main factions can garner this level of support individually, resulting in…