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A Turkish flag flies over the Karkamis border crossing, as an ISIS flag is seen at the customs office of Syria’s Jarablus border gate in the background, in Karkamis, in Gaziantep province, Turkey August 1, 2015. Reuters/ /Murad Sezer

Free Syrian Army Races Kurds to Jarablus from Turkey

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 22, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara, Beirut-While Ankara is preparing to present a plan to form a “safe zone” inside Syria reinforced by its latest agreement with Russia and Iran, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) plans to attack the ISIS-controlled region of Jarablus from inside Turkey to prevent any...

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ISIS Used “Poisonous Substances” in Village Shelling- Kurdish Officials

ISIS Used “Poisonous Substances” in Village Shelling- Kurdish Officials

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Mar 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ISIS militants used “poisonous substances” during the shelling of a village in northern Iraq on Tuesday, a local governor said. More than 40 people suffered partial choking and skin irritation in northern Iraq as mortar shells and Katyusha rockets filled with...

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A member of the Saudi border guards force stands guard next to a fence on Saudi Arabia’s northern borderline with Iraq, in this July 14, 2014 file photo. (Reuters/Faisal Nasser/Files)

Opinion: Can the disintegration of Iraq still be averted?

by Osman Mirghani | Aug 30, 2014 | Opinion

If things continue in the same vein that we are witnessing today, Iraq as we know it will not exist for long. There are strong indications that this is not being said to intimidate people, exaggerate facts or reiterate old conspiracy theories. The reality on the...

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A view of signs and the road of Suleiman Beg, north of Baghdad, on June 13, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Opinion: Farewell, Iraq

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 16, 2014 | Opinion

The loss of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s authority over large swaths of Iraq is due to several reasons. First, there is the ideological blindness, personal greed and sectarian sentiments that took hold of the leader of the Islamic Da’wa Party and the head of...

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Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters stand at formation in northern Iraq May 14, 2013. The first group of Kurdish militants to withdraw from Turkey under a peace process entered northern Iraq on Tuesday, and were greeted by comrades from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency. The 13 men and women, carrying guns and with rucksacks on their backs, arrived in the area of Heror, near Metina mountain on the Turkish-Iraqi border, a Reuters witness said. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

The Turkish Model

by Ali Gokpinar | Jul 1, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

In an unprecedented move, in late December 2012 Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government started negotiations with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to resolve the protracted conflict between the Turks and Kurds. Crystallizing during the disintegration...