Autonomy for Syria’s Kurds Failure of Turkish Policy
By supporting the war against Bashar Assad, Turkey has inadvertently exacerbated an internal security threat.
By supporting the war against Bashar Assad, Turkey has inadvertently exacerbated an internal security threat.
Turkey appears to have changed position in its oil export dispute with Baghdad.
A second day of violence in territories that are disputed between Baghdad and the Kurds.
The central and Kurdish governments fail to diffuse a military standoff in the north of Iraq.
Turkish military action in Syria would likely unite the Kurdish opposition groups against it.
Turkey risks antagonizing the Kurds in Iraq and Syria with its campaign on the border.
Turkey’s prime minister warns that his forces may cross the border into Syria.
Turkey can ill afford to suppress Kurdish insurgent activity on its Syrian border.
Baghdad inists that oil exports should go through the central government.
Baghdad opposes Kurdish plans to trade oil and gas. Turkey welcomes them.
Wikistrat analyzes the impact of the American oil company’s Iraq operation.