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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


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


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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)


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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

Opinion: Farewell, Iraq

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

The Turkish Model

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...