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Turkey shuts its airspace to Sulaimaniyah flights citing Kurdish militants

The move is likely retaliation against ties between Kurdish militants and the Iraqi Kurdish Patriotic Union Party. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that Ankara sealed off its airspace to flights to and from northern Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah International Airport in an apparent retaliation against deepening ties between a major …

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Iran rules out interim nuclear deal

Iranian official dismisses talk of a “less for less” deal as “the outcome of some think tank brainstorming.” The latest signs indicate the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran doesn’t have much of a pulse. The Biden administration says the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not on the agenda. …

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What is the goal of James Rubin’s return to the Western Balkans?

“The visit of James Rubin, coordinator of the Center for Issues of Global Importance, to the Western Balkans should be seen in the context of the assessment of the American administration that a new impulse is needed to improve the implementation process of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, with …

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