Key Takeaways: Senior leaders in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region have publicly discussed facilitating peace talks between Iran and Iranian Kurdish armed opposition groups based in the autonomous region, with PUK head Bafel Talabani describing the start of a process similar to Turkey’s and noting Tehran’s positive response. Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan …

Key Takeaways: President Trump stated on October 14 that the United States continues to share intelligence with Ukraine and is working with both sides to end the war, countering Zelenskyy’s claim of no advance warning before 39 Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv and Kharkiv on October 13. Ukrainian officials and …

Key Takeaways: Yemen’s civil war has reignited with Saudi Arabia, backed by Turkish and Pakistani forces, fighting the Iran-linked Houthis, who have forged opportunistic ties with Al-Shabaab, Islamic State in Somalia, Somali pirates, and AQAP for weapons, training, and smuggling routes.Non-state militant and criminal groups worldwide are building a crime-terror …