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PKK and Turkey: Time for peace?

PKK-leader Abdullah Öcalan has called for peace between Turkey and PKK. The following months will show whether Turkey and PKK trust each other enough – at least more than they trust their common enemy Islamic State – to reach a settlement.

Wietse van den Berge • March 09, 2015

How IS’ rise could actually benefit the Kurds

How paradoxical as it might sound, the attack of IS might be beneficial for Syria’s Kurds.

Wietse van den Berge • October 24, 2014

The instrumental use of terrorism: The case of the Syrian regime

Labeling a rival a terrorist happens in many conflicts. Syrian opposition and a number of international analysts believe the Syrian regime has taken the instrumental use of the terrorist phenomenon one step further however.

Wietse van den Berge • March 31, 2014