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Nearly 75 percent of the Syria-Turkey border is controlled by al-Qaeda, while the rest is controlled by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a delegation from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/pkk-al-qaeda-control-syria-turkey-border-al-assad.aspx?pageID=238&nID=42581&NewsCatID=359

Turkey Says Won't Allow Kurdish Entity In Northern Syria: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that Ankara will not allow a separate political entity in northern Syria amid reports that Arabs and Kurds have recently signed a deal to jointly rule territories on the Turkish border.
http://en.haberler.com/turkey-says-won-t-allow-kurdish-entity-in-northern-256287/

Syrian Kurdish groups have seized control of several key oil fields, provoking concerns among the Syrian opposition and Turkey about the coming division of Syria, Syrian Kurds carve out an enclave between the Assad regime and the rebels
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/power-vacuum-oil-fields-syria-kurdish-militia-pyd.html
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/02/24/third-point-in-the-revolution-syrian-kurds-carve-out-an-enclave-between-the-assad-regime-and-the-free-syrian-army/

Difficult to Read New Kurdish-FSA Alliance, Rival Kurdish parties Azadi and YGP clash in Syrian Kurdistan, Syrian Kurdish PYD Distances Itself From PKK, FSA
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/02/kurdish-fsa-accord-syria-difficult.html?v=1362363401000
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/03/rival-kurdish-parties-militias-syria-clash-pyd-pkk.html
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2013/02/kurdish-leader-syria-distances.html
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Original Message A subject bit neglected on GLP, but i think the Kurdish Question has an important role to play in the Greater ME Project. Lots of things happening lately with the Kurds in the countries they are living, i'll post now the most important news of the past 2 weeks. I'll update the thread with news, feel free to chip in. :)

Syrian Kurds form unified army, call for feralism
[link to www.asharq-e.com]

In Syria, clashes between Arab rebels, Kurds
[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

Recently tensions between Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan have run high, complete with a military stand-off. The crisis seems to have been defused now. But if it was all just politics, then who won? And who lost – and why?
[link to www.niqash.org]

Iraq PM warned of the danger of “ethnic conflict” in Iraq
[link to www.thenews.com.pk]

Turkish jets bomb PKK camps in northern Iraq
[link to www.hurriyetdailynews.com]

Iran seeks improved ties with Iraqi Kurdistan
[link to english.ahram.org.eg]

Turkey accuses Iran of supporting Kurdish rebels
[link to www.panarmenian.net]

Iraqi Kurdistan Is Booming. Will It Ever Be a Separate State?
[link to ikjnews.com]

More than six years of separation between the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) and the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (DPK-Iraq) seem to be coming to an end.
[link to www.rudaw.net]

Turkish government calls for the lifting of immunity of Kurdish deputies
[link to translate.google.gr]

Kurdish prisoners in Turkey end hunger strike
[link to rt.com]

Turkey says it will hold talks with Kurdish militants
[link to dawn.com]

Dutch police raid PKK meeting, hold 55 for questioning
[link to news.yahoo.com]

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