Kamal Chomani

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A new Iraqi Kurdistan government will be formed three months after elections.
Middle East Forum Observer
New Iraqi Kurdish Cabinet Prioritizes Fiefdoms Over Unity
Neither the KDP nor the PUK Wants to Compromise, but They No Longer Can Delay Cabinet Formation
January 27, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdistan Workers’ Party founder Abdullah Öcalan, whose photo is held high here, is the de facto leader of tens of millions of Kurds.
Middle East Forum Observer
Washington Should Rethink Its PKK Terror Designation
Delisting the PKK, or at Least Lifting Bounties on Its Three Leaders, Would Have Several Immediate Benefits
January 6, 2025
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Kamal Chomani
Kurdish soldiers in northern Syria, in a file photo.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Kurdish and Regional Blocs Competing in the New Syria
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Turkey Will Allow Kurds to Be Partners Only If They Abandon a Secular and Democratic Worldview
December 18, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
Syrians opposed to Bashar al-Assad waved opposition flags in May 2024, months before his downfall.
Middle East Forum Observer
Another Revolution Gets Hijacked in the Middle East
In Uprisings Across the Middle East and North Africa, Elites and External Powers Have Appropriated the Peoples’ Democratic Aspirations
December 12, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Group of 20 meeting in 2022.
Middle East Forum Observer
Trump Must Not Make the Same Mistake with Turkey and Syrian Kurds
Turkey’s Erdoğan Believes That Trump Will Defer to Him, but He Does Not Respect the U.S. President-Elect
November 13, 2024
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Kamal Chomani
The Iraqi Kurdistan region Parliament.
Middle East Forum Observer
Kurdistan’s Façade of Democracy
The Election Campaign Was Devoid of Substance, and Many Kurds Were Compelled to Register and Vote
November 1, 2024
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Kamal Chomani