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The United States is Struggling to Regain Influence in Syria

Bottom Line Up FrontThe United States is looking to consolidate and expand its presence in the eastern provinces of Deir al-Zour and al-Hasakah, yet [...] More

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The Far-Reaching Danger of ISIS in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is defending President Trump’s decision to withdraw support for Kurdish troops in Northeast Syria, saying Turkey [...] More

The Limits of U.S. Influence in Syria

The White House announced Sunday that President Trump will endorse a Turkish military operation near the border with Syria that will target Kurdish [...] More

The U.S. Remains Incapable of Formulating a Coherent Syria Strategy

Bottom Line Up FrontOn December 19, 2018, President Trump unexpectedly announced a full withdrawal of all U.S. troops in Syria within the next 30 [...] More

Turkey Warns the U.S. It Will Launch Cross-Border Strikes into Syria

Bottom Line Up FrontThe U.S. will likely maintain an enduring military presence in Syria for years, in an extremely complex operating [...] More
Turkey’s Greenlight in Syria Detracts from ISIS Fight

Turkey’s Greenlight in Syria Detracts from ISIS Fight

Bottom Line: The U.S. teamed with Kurdish forces to oust ISIS from its self-declared caliphate in Syria in Iraq, but now Washington’s continued [...] More

Turks in Afrin: How Does It End?

Turkey has had considerable military success in its two-month old campaign against the Syrian Kurdish militia in the northwest Syrian border province [...] More

Iraq's Real Challenge: A Constitution with a Birth Defect

The Sept. 25 Kurdish referendum has risked permanent damage to the relationship between the Kurdish Regional Government and the Iraqi government [...] More
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Political Leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan in Tatters

The Kurdistan Regional Government is already suffering international blowback from its independence referendum, and now some Kurds are calling for [...] More
Iraq Ambassador Accuses Kurds of Kirkuk ‘Disinformation’ Campaign

Iraq Ambassador Accuses Kurds of Kirkuk ‘Disinformation’ Campaign

Iraq’s top diplomat in Washington, D.C., cried foul Friday over Kurdish government charges that Iran backed Iraq’s campaign to retake Kirkuk.“The KRG [...] More

The U.S. Must Fulfill Role of Negotiator Between Baghdad, Kurds

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi published an op-ed in the New York Times on Wednesday, denouncing the “illegal” referendum held by the Kurdistan [...] More

Inequality Is Sewn Into the Map of Iraq

This September, voters in the territories controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of northern Iraq voted overwhelmingly to declare [...] More
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Two Rivers, Three Countries? Ethnography and Destiny in Iraq

The surprise advance of Iraqi troops into the Kurdish-held city of Kirkuk on Monday raises a spectre that has haunted Iraq since the 2003 U.S. [...] More