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Kurdish power-sharing deal cracks as one of two rival parties quits northern Iraq’s government • Nov. 5, 2026, 11:11 PM ET (Washington Post)
Expert discusses what comes next for the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq • Nov. 2, 2026, 12:02 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Syria’s Kurdish autonomy is fading as Arab unrest challenges Damascus’s control • Oct. 17, 2026, 6:00 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Abdullah Öcalan
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Mustafa al-Barzani
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Badr Khānī Jāladat
leader of Kurds