Dossier

• MESOPOTAMIA NEWS SHORT CUTS: NEW AUSTRALIAN LAW AGAINST PKK / THE NATURE OF TAK & THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF PKK

  #TAK is the “deniable” front the #PKK uses to attack civilians in the cities in #Turkey. PKK denies it has any control over TAK and most Western states accept this pretence at some level. #Australia has rejected this lie entirely in its new law. Australia’s No-Nonsense Approach to the PKK By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 August 2018 […]

• MESOPOTAMIA NEWS ANALYSIS : IRAN IS THROWING A TANTRUM BUT WANTS A DEAL

  by Dennis Ross – Foreign Policy – August 15, 2018 Even in its afterlife, the Iran nuclear deal continues to polarize. Those who supported the agreement proclaim loudly that Iran will never negotiate any adjustment to it, while its opponents argue U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of it will produce a better […]