Thirty-five Years On, No Political Solution for Kurdish-Turkish Conflict 16/08/2018 Thus, almost 35 years after the start of the conflict, south-east Turkey and northern Iraq, remain war zones. And the blood of soldiers, guerrillas and civilians will continue to flow. To end the bloodshed, a political deal will have to be made. Currently, no one in Turkey is even willing to consider a political deal with the PKK: they are terrorists and have to be destroyed. Tags: IslamicState - Kurdistan Workers’ Party - Kurds - Masoud Barzani - MiddleEast - Recep Tayyip Erdogan - USA
Post-referendum, No Good News for the KRG 26/01/2018 The referendum sent shock waves around the world, inspiring Kurds to the possibility of an independent state and alarming governments across the region. But if Erbil went ahead with the vote from a position of strength, the KRG is now in its worst state for years, wracked by internal dissent and with old political wounds freshly opened. Tags: daesh - Haider al-Abadi - Iraqi government - Iraqi kurds - IslamicState - Israel - Jerusalem - Kirkuk - Kurdish Referendum - Kurds - Masoud Barzani - MiddleEast - Palestine - Shia in Iraq - Terrorism - USA