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  • U.S. to withdraw all troops from Syria by April - report

    President Trump has vowed not to "fight endless wars," but skeptics warn the pullout will create a vacuum to be filled by extremists.

  • Sigmar Gabriel

    German students protest anti-Israel policy of former foreign minister

    The students slammed Gabriel for traveling to Iran days after the nuclear deal was reached in 2015 with a large German business delegation to promote trade.

  • Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland in the snow

    WATCH: US Jewish group draws fire for 'Polish Holocaust' campaign

    Participants in Ruderman Family Foundation video defiantly say: “Polish Holocaust.”

  • Kurdish fighters

    Turkey and U.S. can’t agree on what ‘safe zone’ in Syria means

    The latest dispute is part of tensions between Turkey and the US that have grown over the last several years.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • US PRESIDENT Donald Trump talks to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at NATO headquarters.

    Trump threatens to 'devastate Turkey economically' if they attack Kurds

    "Turkey expects the US to honor our strategic partnership and doesn't want it to be shadowed by terrorist propaganda," Erdogan's spokesman said.

    By REUTERS

  • Kurdish-led militiamen ride atop military vehicles as they celebrate victory over Islamic State

    Syrian regime seeks 'intensified' talks with Kurdish forces

    Damascus has previously stated its opposition to the kind of federal-state sought by the main Kurdish groups.

    By REUTERS

  • Is Iran’s influence in Iraq growing, or has it reached a plateau?

    Iran’s role in Iraq is multi-layered. It suffered a slight setback in the elections in 2018 as Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shi’ite cleric and Iraqi nationalist, came in first.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • Fighters from the Democratic Forces of Syria carry their weapons as they cheer near the Syrian town

    Kurds fear Turkish-backed Syrian rebel extremists will attack as U.S. withdraws

    A video posted on December 25 showed members of a convoy of Ahrar al-Sharqiya, a Syrian rebel group that has arrived near Manbij in northern Syria with hopes of fighting against the Kurdish forces.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • A KURDISH peshmerga soldier stands at a lookout near Bashiqa in northern Iraq

    Iraq’s Kurdish region alarmed by U.S. withdrawal

    Discussions to try and soften Ankara’s stance, dilute PKK role in eastern Syria came to naught.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • Iraqis celebrate one year since victory over ISIS

    Some demand more reconstruction investment, IDPs want to return home, while Kurds wonder what comes next.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • Iraqi Kurdish security chief Masrour Barzani, casts his vote, during parliamentary elections in the

    Masrour Barzani set to be next prime minister of Kurdish region in Iraq

    Nechirvan Barzani, who has served as Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, was nominated for President

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • People speak with Turkish soldiers in the center of Afrin

    '25 killed' as Turkey battles Syrian fighters accused of 'plundering'

    There have been tensions in Afrin over the last eleven months as Kurds accuse some of the Syrian rebels and their allies of stealing their property, invading their homes and abusing locals.

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

  • Washington’s crises in eastern Syria as Turkey shells Kurds

    U.S. faces long list of tensions in eastern Syria among Kurdish and Turkish allies, Arabs in Raqqa and remnants of ISIS

    By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

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