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The US-Kurdish Problematique

... consider an institutionalized relationship to exist between the US and the Kurds of Iraq. The role of Non-state actors Non-state actors can be classified as: a) institutions, b) fundamentalist groups, c) ethnic groups (e.g. establishments such as PKK, PYD and others), d) military/militia groups, and e) ‘states to be’ (e.g. KRG/ PLO). The Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) as an entity falls into the last category — ‘states to be’ [ 1 ], given their significant recognition, along with their state-like ...

20.05.2020

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A Lone Wolf in Afrin

... counter-terrorist military operation, “Olive Branch”, is about to reach its objectives. Since its commencement on January 20, the Turkish border operation has been pursuing several objectives; primary among them is clearing the Afrin region of the PYD armed groups who pose a direct threat to Turkey’s national security due to their connection to the Turkey-based terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK, Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê). Despite its efforts to explain to the ...

21.03.2018

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