Why Iraqi Kurdistan’s Political Deadlock Is a Structural Crisis
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held elections in September 2024; however, the Kurdish parties are yet to agree on a new cabinet to form the government. The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) emerged as the largest bloc with 39 of 100 seats, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), the second largest, secured 23 seats. Why […]
Documenting War Crimes in Rojava: Interview with CPT’s Kamaran Osman
Four times Displaced: A Kurdish Family’s Struggle for Safety in the Wake of War
Iran’s Protest Crackdown Relies on Targeted Force and Intimidation, Says Sociologist
Rethinking Kurdish Foreign Policy Through the American Experience
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Debunking the Syrian State Narrative of “Abandoned” ISIS Camp in al-Hol
On Tuesday, 20 January 2026, viral social media videos depicted uncontrolled mass escapes from the sprawling al-Hol camp in Syria. That day, its gates lay wide open as the result of a major security vacuum created amid the Syrian Transition Government (STG) forces’ blitzkrieg advance in the region. The camp’s main section held roughly 17,500 […]
Weapons, Steel, Oil: How Turkey Continues to Fuel Israel’s War Machine
By William Duppel Alonso & Lucie Charbonneau Writing from the West Bank in May 2024, journalist Amberin Zaman reported that effigies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were coming down across Palestine. Throughout the 2010s, the Turkish leader had commanded great admiration for his diatribes against Israel, but Israel’s war on Gaza has poked holes in Erdoğan’s […]
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