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What to Know About Syria’s Minorities and Sectarian Violence
The new government has pledged to unify Syria after overthrowing the Assad dictatorship. One of its biggest challenges is ...
Life inside Iraq's 'Forbidden Zone' controlled by Turkey
The Forbidden Zone spans almost the entire length of the Iraqi border with Turkey and is up to 40km (25 miles) deep in places ...
Kurdish Distrust of Syria’s New Government Runs Deep
The Kurdish-led force that runs northeast Syria has agreed to integrate into a new national army, but some of its supporters ...
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King receives president of Iraq?s Kurdistan Region
His Majesty King Abdullah II received President of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday at Al Husseiniya Palace. The meeting attended by His Royal Highness Prince Ali bin Al ...
Syria's Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic rights
Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria are calling for a democratic state that gives the country's Kurds their ethnic ...