Topic: kurdistan

Smoke billows in the town of Douma, the last opposition holdout in Syria's Eastern Ghouta. (Getty/Salon)

Is the U.S. about to give up on Syria?

Patrick Lawrence - Independent Media Institute
Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, Iraq, on September 22, 2017. (Getty/Safin Hamed)

Can there be a "second Israel"?

Adam Valen Levinson
A member of the Iraqi government forces stands guard in a humvee turret while guarding the Bai Hassan oil field, west of Kirkuk, October 19, 2017. (Getty/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq, the Kurds and me: What went wrong?

Steven A. Cook
Donald Trump; Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AP/Evan Vucci)

Turkey's president blames the Jews

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Yasin Akgul)

Turkey on brink of battle for territory

Vijay Prashad - Alternet
(Getty/Safin Hamed)

Is "Kurdexit" coming next?

Steven A. Cook
Fatima Zuhdi; Abdulla Zuhdi (Courtesy of the Author)

My father's garden sanctuary

Gian Sardar