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A look back: 2016 in review
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015 | Al-Monitor
Our interactive timeline shows the stories that have shaped the region so far.
Turkey and Iran step up coordination in Syria
Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 | Al-Monitor Week in Review
Once unthinkable, an emerging consensus is developing between Ankara and Tehran in Syria, as Washington and Moscow try to keep pace; Iraqi Kurdish sources signal that it could be possible to delay a Kurdish independence referendum for a “short time.”
Is Barzani backing away from independence referendum?
Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 | Week in Review
Iraqi Kurdistan's president expects "guarantees and alternatives" from Washington; Hamas diplomatic surge with Iran and Russia.
Iraqi Kurdistan’s risky independence referendum
Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 | Week in Review
Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani may seek leverage from Sunni Arabs to balance opposition from Baghdad, Tehran and Ankara.
Does Turkey face day of reckoning with al-Qaeda in Idlib?
Sunday, Jul. 30, 2017 | Week in Review
Al-Qaeda affiliate gains upper hand in northern Syrian city; Turkey’s shameful show trial of independent journalists part of “vicious crackdown.”