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Trading floor of the Borsa Istanbul. Turkish stocks have fallen as much as 11% in dollar terms since their August peak. Photo: Reuters/Murad Sezer

Iraq, Middle East, Turkey

Turkish stocks now down more than 11% since August peak

by David P. Goldman September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

Brent crude

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Oil jumps to two-year high amid threats from Turkey

by Asia Unhedged September 26, 2017February 18, 2020

A boy rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq on Sept. 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The inconvenient Kurds

by Spengler September 25, 2017

Kurds show their support for the upcoming independence referendum at a rally in Erbil, Iraq, on September 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Azad Lashkari

France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Moment of glory? Kurdish referenda in Iraq, Syria explained

by Sami Moubayed September 18, 2017February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

AT Finance, China, European Union, Germany, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Geopolitics drives Turkey’s acquisition of Russian missile defense

by Emanuele Scimia September 15, 2017

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes a selfie with children after recapturing the Fadiliya village from Islamic state militants, in Nawaran North of Mosul. Photo: Reuters / Air Jalal

Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey’s market soars on Syria ceasefire prospects

by David P. Goldman July 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Kurdish fighters from the YPG run across a street in Raqqa, Syria July 3, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

New front in Syria as Turks rout Kurds with Putin’s blessing

by Sami Moubayed July 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Representational image. Photo: iStock

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

The emerging Turkish-Iranian alliance

by Manish Rai June 27, 2017June 27, 2017

A man sews an Iraqi Kurdish flag that will bear a portrait of Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani. Photo: AFP / Safin Hamed

Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Turkey, World

Turkey to accept Kurdish statehood in Iraq?

by David Goldman June 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Erdogan leaves Eyup Sultan mosque in Istanbul on April 17. Photo: Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkish-American relations at crossroads

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 15, 2017May 15, 2017

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepares for an interview in New York City. Photo: Reuters / Brendan McDermid

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey threatens US-allied Kurds in Syria

by Asia Unhedged May 11, 2017February 18, 2020

Source: Bloomberg

Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Turkish lira falls on US decision to arm Kurdish troops in Syria

by David Goldman May 10, 2017February 18, 2020

The US relies heavily on the Kurdish YPG in the campaign against ISIS (Islamic State) in Syria. Photo: iStock

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey must find peaceful solution to Kurdish problem

by Manish Rai May 7, 2017May 7, 2017

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia, on May 3, 2017. Photo: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters

Beijing, China, European Union, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Shadows over Turkey’s possible purchase of the Russian S-400

by Emanuele Scimia May 5, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Trump warms to taking Putin’s help in Syria

by M.K. Bhadrakumar May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

Displaced Iraqi Sunnis fled their homes after attacks by ISIS fighters in Mosul. Sunnis fear becoming a dispossessed underclass in Iraq unless measures are taken to remedy what they say is rampant abuse by the Shia government. Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye

Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Crushing ISIS won’t be enough to end the Sunni insurgency in Iraq

by Manish Rai March 14, 2017

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes a selfie with children after recapturing the Fadiliya village from Islamic state militants, in Nawaran North of Mosul. Photo: Reuters / Air Jalal

France, Iraq, Middle East, World

Address to the Kurdish Nation

by Bernard-Henri Levy March 13, 2017March 27, 2017

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks to journalists in Damascus, Syria, in this handout picture provided by SANA on January 9, 2017. Photo: SANA / handout via REUTERS

Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia and Turkey hand Assad a ‘win-win’ scenario

by Salman Rafi January 24, 2017

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. Photo: Yasin Bulbul/Presidential Palace/ handout via Reuters

European Union, Germany, Middle East, Turkey, World

Fists and punches: Turkey fights over constitutional change

by Salman Rafi January 17, 2017

A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Syria won’t return to dictatorship post war, says PYD

by Manish Rai January 13, 2017

MOSUL, Iraq - Members of the Iraqi 6th Emergency Response Battalion conduct weapons training under the supervision of US Special Operations Forces on Oct. 17. Photo: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl, via Flickr, CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Back to square one: Ominous signs in Iraq

by Shazar Shafqat January 9, 2017

People displaced by fighting in and around Mosul carry a firewood at a boundary of Kurdish territory near Bashiqa, Iraq, November 18, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic

European Union, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Kurds can’t be ignored in post-war Syria

by Manish Rai December 28, 2016

Uncategorized

Kurdish filmmaker begins one-year jail term in Iran

by Ben Richardson November 24, 2016December 13, 2016

A member of Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army stands guard in front of a building in the border town of Jarablus

AT Finance, European Union, India, Iran, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey’s Euphrates Shield has turned into the Sword of Osman

by M.K. Bhadrakumar September 20, 2016October 3, 2016

Afghanistan, AT Finance, European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

The 30% solution — when war without end ends: Spengler

by Spengler March 13, 2016March 14, 2016

AT Finance, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

A ground invasion of Syria by the Gulf States would be a terrible blunder

by Admin February 15, 2016

China, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Russia is content with Israel but wrathful toward Turkey

by M.K. Bhadrakumar February 5, 2016

Iraq, Middle East, Syria, Turkey

Turkish tanks pound Kurdish militants in week-long military campaign

by Admin December 22, 2015

Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Islamic State’s ‘caliphate’ shrinks by 14% in 2015: IHS

by Admin December 22, 2015

China, European Union, Hong Kong, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey’s downing of Russian warplane may have Kurdish or pipeline angles: Source

by Doug Tsuruoka November 24, 2015November 25, 2015