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How Turkey fits in regime-Kurdish showdown in Syria

The fragile ties between Damascus and the Kurdish-led autonomous administration in northern Syria have seen a dangerous escalation amid widespread anticipation that US support for the Syrian Kurds will grow after the change of guard at the White House. The two sides have sought to besiege one another in several …

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This is why the Kurds in Syria and Hamas in Gaza stay in power, while ISIS lost their legitimacy and rule in Iraq

Since the 2010s, ISIS soldiers have swept into the Arab world brandishing Sharia law in one hand and a Kalashnikov in the other. The vision of establishing a large and long-lasting Islamic regime however did not succeed in either Iraq or Syria, and the jihadists were chased from most areas …

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