The Kurdish issue remains one of the most critical factors shaping Turkey’s strategic choices ... The open front of managing the Kurdish issue is a critical factor in the dynamics of its foreign policy.
Despite the attacks on Iranian Kurdish camps in Iraq, there remains a waiting game for Iranian Kurds hoping to play a part in regime change across the border ... .
Through one conflict after another, herders in Iraqi Kurdistan have grazed their animals under the endless blue skies of the Zagros Mountains -- a lifestyle they are stoically trying to maintain as yet another war engulfs the region ... .