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Iraqi Kurds may be on the brink of a statehood breakthrough

LA Times The Baghdad newspaper Sabah published a surprising article a few weeks ago. Its editor, Abd Jabbar Shabbout, suggested it was time to settle the “age-old problem” between Iraq’s Arabs and Kurds by establishing a “Kurdish state.”…

The paradox of the human brain and the Kurds

Hurriyet Daily News It is certainly hard to believe, but there is still one thing uniting the Turkish, Iranian, Iraqi and Syrian governments: Their fear of the formation of an independent Kurdish state. The unfolding developments in Iraq and Syria are most alarming for this quartet. Syria is on the brink of dissolution…

Violence Clouds Turkish-Kurd Peace Bid

The Wall Street Journal Battles between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey left more than a dozen people dead on Tuesday, as opposition lawmakers sought to influence new talks aimed at ending the 28-year-old conflict, underlining the fragility of renewed efforts to broker a peaceful solution…

Unlike the Past, US Must Staunchly Stand By Iraq’s Kurds

Rudaw The relationship between the United States and Iraqi Kurds, born out of one-sided expedience and American interests, has been plagued with imbalance and inconsistency. Although the United States has relied on Iraqi Kurds to be relatively stable allies within a turbulent Iraq — and has supported the establishment of a semi-autonomous Kurdish region…