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The defeat of the Islamic State has created a power vacuum in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, leaving the Yazidi minority at the mercy of competing militias.

Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers used to side with Washington. Now, Tehran seems like a more attractive partner.

Ankara claims to oppose the Islamic State. Its actions suggest otherwise.

Democratic foreign-policy veterans want answers from Trump’s pick for secretary of state.

Ankara is a difficult friend. That doesn't mean the United States should cut it loose.

The Trump administration’s not-so-charm offensive may have steered U.S.-Turkey relations away from the brink of collapse. That’s no cause for a victory lap just yet.

The real threat to Turkey isn’t the Kurds. It’s the Islamic State.

Turkey’s Islamist president is the first civilian with control over his country’s military – and you can tell by the results.

Russia's highly-touted peace conference to end the war in Syria was an utter debacle.

Fighting between two vital U.S. allies will only strengthen Assad and Iran.

America’s partners are at each other’s throats, and Washington doesn’t have a plan to pull them apart.

Kurdish officials once dreamed of forging their own state out of the ashes of the war against the Islamic State. Now they are fighting for their very survival.

And there’s no indication that, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s bold moves, Saudi Arabia stands a chance of turning the tide.

The United States needs to put a stop to this flashpoint before it’s too late.

Without a plan for countering Iranian and Russian interests in Eastern Syria, the administration could find itself in a very bad place in the Middle East.

A month after its independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan is seeing its economic future threatened.

The war against the Islamic State concealed the Kurds' political and economic weaknesses. The loss of Kirkuk has made them impossible to ignore.

The war in Iraq won’t end as long as the United States avoids deciding what it wants there.

The Iranian-backed forces that took control of Kirkuk from the Kurds are setting their sights on Baghdad.

As the Iraqi government reclaimed the city of Kirkuk, Kurdish troops had the choice to watch or flee.