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Rodi Said / Reuters The Kurds Once Again Face American Abandonment
With the Trump administration poised to pull U.S. troops out of his country, the battle-tested group may have no choice but to negotiate its fate with Damascus.
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Osman Orsal / Reuters Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost
Back in 2011, Erdoğan supported the rebels against the Syrian regime in hopes of gaining influence across the Middle East. Things haven’t gone according to plan.
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Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters Russia Can Keep the Peace Between Israel and Iran
But following the hostilities over the weekend, does Putin want to?
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James Pringle / Khalid Mohammed / AP / ... The Kurds Are Right Back Where They Started
For decades, Washington has been content to indulge Kurdish dreams of independence. Why was Erbil willing to play along?
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Alaa Al-Marjani / Reuters What Did the Kurds Get Out of the Referendum?
“For statehood to arise, a people’s right to self-determination and their desire to exercise it must be matched with possibility.”
