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Members of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) raise the victory gesture as they stand on a building in the town of al-Karamah, 26 kms from the ISIS group bastion of Raqqa, on May 10, 2017. DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Syria’s Kurds Work All the Angles for Autonomy

by Noah Feldman | May 30, 2017 | Opinion

It’s an idea that Syria, Russia and the US all might be willing to tolerate. Turkey however … Outside the headlines, something remarkable is going on in Syria. The Kurds, making a long-term play for an autonomous region, seem to have decided that their...

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Turkish Airlines aircrafts are parked at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, February 13, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Turkish Security Forces Kill 46 Terrorists in 438 Operations in One Week

by Said Abdul Razzak | May 30, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – More than 45 PKK militia men were killed and over 1,100 Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) suspects were held during security operations over the last week across Turkey, according to the Interior Ministry on Monday. In a statement, the ministry...

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Turkish soldiers stand guard at a check point. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar/File Photo

Turkish Military Says Kills 13 PKK Militants in Northern Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat Online | May 28, 2017 | Middle East

Turkey’s military killed 13 members of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in air strikes in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement. The warplanes struck seven PKK targets in the Avasin-Basyan region of northern Iraq, and killed...

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), Donald Trump (R). AP

Arming Syria’s Kurds to Top Trump, Erdogan Meeting

by Saeed Abdelrazek | May 15, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Developments in Syria, especially with regard to the US decision to arm Kurds in the framework of speeding up the process of liberating Raqqa from ISIS control, have imposed themselves as one of the main issues on the agenda of Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

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Turkish soldiers in a tank and an armored vehicle patrol on the road to the town of Beytussebab in the southeastern Sirnak province, Turkey, September 28, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

Clashes with PKK Militias in Eastern Turkey Kill Two Soldiers

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 11, 2017 | Middle East

At least two Turkish soldiers were killed when troops clashed with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) during operation in Dogubayazit district of Agri province, said the Ankara-based international news outlet Anadolu Agency. A clash broke out between security forces...