Diwan Dispatches
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Eastern Syria After Assad

The SDF has expanded its control over Deir al-Zor, but may soon find itself overstretched and facing Turkish allies.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
ยท December 10, 2024
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A Stalemate in Kurdistan

The most recent parliamentary elections highlighted the rifts between the two dominant parties, the KDP and PUK.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
ยท October 25, 2024
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Defending Israel, but not Kurdistan?

When U.S. Patriots shot down an Iranian missile over Erbil on April 15, Kurds wondered why such defenses werenโ€™t activated when they were attacked.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
ยท April 25, 2024
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A Cry for the Levant

The great divide we are witnessing today in the Middle East is, in part, the result of European interference.

  • Michael Vatikiotis
ยท December 4, 2023
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The Yezidi Genocide Nine Years Later

For survivors in the community, the prospect of going home is disappearing because of political inaction.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
ยท August 22, 2023
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