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		<title>As Turkey frantically jockeys to tarnish Syrian Kurds, can the U.S. afford to abandon the Kurds?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/02/as-turkey-frantically-jockeys-to-tarnish-syrian-kurds-can-the-u-s-afford-to-abandon-the-kurds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Kurdish-led forces were rejoicing the capture of the strategically important town of al-Shadadi from the Islamic State (IS), Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a frantic mission to pressure Washington to abandon support for the People&#8217;s Protection Units (YPG) and label the Democratic Union Party (PYD) as terrorists. Erdogan’s call to Barrack Obama [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Heated discussions, disagreements and distrust, and the tenuous Syrian peace talks have not even begun</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/02/heated-discussions-disagreements-and-distrust-and-the-tenuous-syrian-peace-talks-have-not-even-begun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2016 08:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The starts of the Geneva III peace talks were delayed twice last week owing to objections from the main Syria opposition represented by the Higher Negotiating Committee (HNC). The HNC finally bowed to pressure from the United States and the United Nations and agreed to attend the talks after “receiving assurances”, even then they insisted [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurds omitted from Geneva III as US and Russian jockey to build bases in Syrian Kurdish territory</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2016/01/kurds-omitted-from-geneva-iii-as-us-and-russian-jockey-to-build-bases-in-syrian-kurdish-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 00:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Syrian war enters its 6th year, months of preparation to cultivate another round of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition could still unravel. Just days before the talks were due to commence, there is fervent debate on who should attend the talks as well as various other pre-conditions still been set. [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Prospects of Geneva 2, Syrian Kurdish Autonomy and why Syria will never be whole again</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/01/prospects-of-geneva-2-syrian-kurdish-autonomy-and-why-syria-will-never-be-whole-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As representatives of the Syrian regime and the Syrian National Coalition met in Geneva, the prospects of an agreement to end the bitter 3 year civil war that has killed over 130,000 and displaced millions were dim. The fiery exchanges at the opening of the conference in Montreaux and the deep reluctance to even meet [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian Kurdish administration – a historic step shrouded in controversy</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/11/syrian-kurdish-administration-a-historic-step-shrouded-in-controversy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Syrian Kurds have suffered more than any other group under decades of Baathist dictatorship. The Syrian civil war opened an unchartered and once unthinkable opportunity for the Syrian Kurds, but the growing Kurdish assertiveness and power has not been without controversy. The Syrian Kurdish region is dominated both politically and militarily by the Democratic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian Kurdish anguish a burden for all parts of Kurdistan</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/08/syrian-kurdish-anguish-a-burden-for-all-parts-of-kurdistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2013 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of deadly battles between Syrian Kurdish forces and Jabat al-Nusra and other Islamist forces in Western Kurdistan, Kurdish civilians have suffered brutal reprisal attacks and murder across a number of Kurdish towns and villages. The neighbourhoods of Tel-Abeyd, Sere Kaniye, Tel- Aran and Tel- Hasel amongst others across Kurdish populated areas have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Ankara must embrace new Syrian Kurdish reality</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/08/ankara-must-embrace-new-syrian-kurdish-reality/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/08/ankara-must-embrace-new-syrian-kurdish-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 00:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year after Syrian Kurds took historic control of their territory, proposed plans for an autonomous Syrian Kurdistan region sent fresh shivers down Ankara. Any anxiety towards the establishment of de facto autonomy for Kurds is amplified all the more by the PKK connections with the dominant Democratic Union Party (PYD) that exercises the greatest [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Can the Syrian Kurds turn the tide against Assad?</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/04/can-the-syrian-kurds-turn-the-tide-against-assad/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2013/04/can-the-syrian-kurds-turn-the-tide-against-assad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Syrian Kurds have endured decades of repression and denial and in the case of thousands treatment as virtual foreigners in the lands of their very ancestors. If anyone should have a gripe against the Baathist regime of Bashar al-Assad it is the Kurds, yet the Kurds have remained largely on the side-lines of the two-year [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Globe interview with Saleh Muslim, Co-leader of the Kurdish Syrian PYD</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/12/globe-interview-with-saleh-muslim-co-leader-of-the-kurdish-syrian-pyd/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/12/globe-interview-with-saleh-muslim-co-leader-of-the-kurdish-syrian-pyd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link to Interview in KurdishGlobe-2012-39-13 (English) Link to Interview Hawler newspaper (Kurdish) &#8211; 18.12.12 Printed in Kurdistan Region (Kurdish Translation) Syrian Kurds with new found autonomy and historic opportunity find themselves in the limelight and key actors in the Syrian struggle. The Democratic Union Party (PYD) is at the centre of the Kurdish struggle in Syria and [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish fears of Syrian Kurdish autonomy already a reality</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/11/turkish-fears-of-syrian-kurdish-autonomy-already-a-reality/</link>
		<comments>https://bashdar.co.uk/2012/11/turkish-fears-of-syrian-kurdish-autonomy-already-a-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the bloody uprising in Syria intensifies by the week, Syrian Kurds have tried to keep a distance from the ever violent conflict by safeguarding the region from fighting and consolidating their newfound autonomy. Control over parts of the Kurdish region sees a remarkable turn of fortune for Kurds in Syria but has been viewed [&#8230;]]]></description>
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