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A photograph made available on October 24, 2013, shows Syrian fighters from the Kurdish People’s Protection Units taking up positions at the front line in Ras Al-Ain, northeastern Syria, on October 22, 2013. (EPA/MAURICIO MORALES)

Syrian Kurds’ military gains stir unease

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2013 | Features

Beirut/Erbil, Reuters—With a string of military gains across northeastern Syria, a Kurdish militia is solidifying a geographic and political presence in the war-torn country, posing a dilemma for regional powers. Long oppressed under Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad...

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Rebel fighters of the Syrian Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) pay their respects during the funeral ceremony of their comrade in the village of Afrin, on August 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/STR.)

Kurdish delegation visits Syria–Kurdistan border crossing

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat–Several Kurdish MPs from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) visited the Fish Khabur border crossing between Syria and Iraq’s Kurdish region on Wednesday to inspect the humanitarian situation there. The visit follows reports that the...

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Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, is seen sitting behind a Kurdish flag prior to speaking to supporters in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil on May 26, 2013. (AFP Photo / Safin Hamed)

Syria: parties discuss forming Kurdish regional government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 13, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil and Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks have begun between the Democratic Union Party (PYD) and other Kurdish factions in West Kurdistan—the Kurdish region in Syria—aimed at forming an interim civilian administration. A source in the PYD leadership stressed that it...

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Kurdish opposition fighters attend a ceremony on July 18, 2013, in the northern Syrian border village of al Qamishli. (AFP)

Ankara warns Kurds against secession in north Syria

by Thair Abbas | Jul 27, 2013 | Middle East

Istanbul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ankara is cautiously observing the latest developments in areas with Kurdish majorities in the north of Syria, fearing they will spill over onto Turkish territory. The Turkish government announced yesterday that a Turkish boy had been killed...