Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace

In a call to Iraqi PM Sudani, US Sec. of State Rubio stresses the need for steady Kurdish salary payments & resuming oil exports via Iraq-Turkey pipeline. He warns the PMC bill institutionalizes Iranian influence & threatens Iraq’s sovereignty—@The_NewArab bit.ly/453e2Yh

After decades of conflict, Kurdish farmers and shepherds are returning to the mountains of Hakkari as tensions ease between the PKK and the Turkish state, @AFP reports. france24.com/en/live-news/2…

Nechirvan Barzani, president of the KRI, has emerged as a key negotiator on Syria’s Kurdish future by lobbying Erdogan, Macron, & U.S. officials to ease tensions with the SDF & push for a compromise beyond federalism and centralization, per @AlMonitor. shorturl.at/Wg3nf

Quoted in @KrdChronicle, @YerevanSaeed, Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace at @AU_SIS, comments on the recent drone attacks on oil fields in the Kurdistan Region. kurdistanchronicle.com/babat/4047

Despite ongoing drone strikes, Iraq says Kurdistan will resume oil exports through a pipeline to Turkey after a two-year halt. Erbil has yet to confirm, @Reuters reports. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

Drone strikes have halted oil production in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for a 3rd day. GKP, DNO & Hunt Oil suspend output amid damage. No group has claimed responsibility. KRG says attacks target regional stability, per @Reuters. bit.ly/3UhDt3a

Quoted in @SPGCIOil, @YerevanSaeed, Director of the Global Kurdish Initiative for Peace at @AU_SIS, comments on the latest developments in the Erbil-Baghdad oil pipeline dispute. spglobal.com/commodity-insi…

The KRG’s $110B gas deals with U.S. companies could boost Kurdish autonomy, weaken Iran’s influence, and shift U.S. policy in Iraq, but U.S. support is vital to manage the risks involved, @AU_SIS Prof. @YerevanSaeed argues in a new piece for @NewLinesInst. newlinesinstitute.org/geo-economics/…

Baghdad is punishing Kurdistan for signing U.S. energy deals by cutting salaries & blocking trade while funding pro-Iran militias. @AU_SIS Prof @YerevanSaeed warns that U.S. silence risks undermining its own ally & interests in a new @GulfStatesInst piece. agsi.org/analysis/baghd…

In a new @ArabCenterWDC piece, Gregory Aftandilian examines the uncertain future of Syrian Kurds as the U.S. pulls back and engages with Syria's new regime. Despite a deal with Damascus and talks with Turkey, the fate of the SDF and DAANES remains fragile. arabcenterdc.org/resource/syria…

As Israel-Iran tensions escalate, Kurdish leaders call for calm and international intervention. With fears of border instability, economic fallout, and nuclear risks, the Kurdistan Region is preparing for the worst while urging diplomacy over war. newarab.com/news/iraqi-kur…

Baghdad has suspended salary payments to 1.2M KRG civil servants, citing claims the region exceeded its 12.62% federal budget share. Amid oil and budget disputes, Kurdish parties are now threatening to withdraw from Iraq’s parliament. amwaj.media/en/media-monit…

In this new Q&A, Barzani Scholar-in-Residence and Director of @KurdishSIS @YerevanSaeed discusses the regional and political impacts of the fall of the Assad regime six months later. Read it here ⬇️ bit.ly/4laz9hx