MESOP FOCUS : Russia plays Kurdish card as US, Turkey watch

20 February/Hurriyet Daily News
Moscow hosted a Kurdish conference on Feb. 15 that drew Kurdish political figures from four neighboring Kurdish-populated countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria. Kurdish media outlets called it a “Kurdish National Conference,” though Russian officials refrained from labelling it.
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