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		<title>How Obama&#8217;s red line fiasco breathed new life into the Syrian regime</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/05/how-obamas-red-line-fiasco-breathed-new-life-into-the-syrian-regime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the U.S., U.K. and France&#8217;s retaliatory airstrike on April 21, two weeks after alleged chemical attacks by Bashar Assad&#8217;s forces in Douma, was to deter the Syrian regime or force a change of mood, then it looks like a failure. Regime forces are relentlessly continuing their fierce quest to drive out opposition forces in remaining [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>International powers scramble to manipulate Afrin for geopolitical gains</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/02/international-powers-scramble-to-manipulate-afrin-for-geopolitical-gains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Turkish troops and their allies advance in Afrin, the besieged canton has become a theatre for regional and global powers to wield influence, extract concessions to boost their goals in Syria, and settle scores against old rivals. With the Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) surrounded by Turkey, Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, regime forces [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggle against PKK needs multi-pronged approach</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/02/struggle-against-pkk-needs-multi-pronged-approach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[here is no doubt that the decades-old PKK insurgency has led to destruction and bloodshed in Turkey, none more so than within the Kurdish region itself. However, after decades of conflict and suffering, a true end to the insurgency needs a multi-pronged political and social approach by the government as much as continued military operations. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Kurds remain key ally for Turkey in volatile region</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/02/iraqi-kurds-remain-key-ally-for-turkey-in-volatile-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 16:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The independence referendum held in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq last year unsettled otherwise strong strategic, economic and political relations between Ankara and Irbil. Since 2007, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has enjoyed a steady rise in cooperation with Turkey, not least as Turkey endorsed independent oil exports from the KRG through a new pipeline. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Regional alliance punishing Iraq&#8217;s Kurds for referendum cannot last</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/02/regional-alliance-punishing-iraqs-kurds-for-referendum-cannot-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 16:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A determination to derail Kurdish statehood aspirations led to the emergence of a newfound Ankara-Baghdad-Tehran alliance &#8211; but can neighbours who have often been at odds and with conflicting strategic and regional objectives, sustain ties based on common ground against the Kurds? The past few months have witnessed each country host neighbouring leaders with the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump’s decree pours further fuel on Jerusalem fire</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2018/01/trumps-decree-pours-further-fuel-on-jerusalem-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[turbulent Middle East already engulfed in crisis and conflict hardly needed more fuel on the fire. However, that is exactly what it got after U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and in turn his decree to relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. The Israel-Palestinian conflict has dominated [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian Kurds remain vital to Russian and US interests alike</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/12/syrian-kurds-remain-vital-to-russian-and-us-interests-alike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 16:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Islamic State group largely defeated, diminishing IS territory has been replaced by new complexities and conflict lines. As key US partners on the ground, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), dominated by the Kurdish People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) forces, were instrumental in driving IS out of Raqqa and vast territories east of the Euphrates. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominance of militias may haunt Baghdad</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/11/dominance-of-militias-may-haunt-baghdad/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/11/dominance-of-militias-may-haunt-baghdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shia-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), were instrumental in pushing back the Islamic State group from the gates to Baghdad, and later in driving out IS militants from major cities across northern Iraq. Heeding a call from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, an array of old and newly formed groups rallied under the PMF umbrella. In Iraq, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Turkish opposition overcome nationalist stigma, ally with Kurds?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/08/can-turkish-opposition-overcome-nationalist-stigma-ally-with-kurds/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/08/can-turkish-opposition-overcome-nationalist-stigma-ally-with-kurds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2015 snap elections, failed military coup in 2016, and the successful referendum to introduce an executive presidency in 2017 has consolidated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power. Now, can the Turkish opposition unite, especially with the Kurdish minority, to challenge Erdogan? Erdogan achieved his long-time dream of an executive presidency in Turkey, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>US sanctions strain ties with Russia, threaten cooperation on key issues</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/08/us-sanctions-strain-ties-with-russia-threaten-cooperation-on-key-issues/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2017/08/us-sanctions-strain-ties-with-russia-threaten-cooperation-on-key-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Donald Trump lamented the Congress sanctions bill targeting Russia that he grudgingly signed into law in the face of a Congress veto, as he decried, “our relationship with Russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low.” The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which places Russia in the same bracket of threat [&#8230;]]]></description>
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