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  • The author with President Masoud Barzani in the voting office for the referendum of Kurdish self-determination.
    The author with President Masoud Barzani in the voting office for the referendum of Kurdish self-determination.
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    Who Betrayed the Kurdish People?

    Two years after the Kurds fought against the Islamic State, America turned its back as they sought independence

    byBernard-Henri Lévy
  • Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani arrives to cast his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station near Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 25, 2017.
    Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani arrives to cast his vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station near Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 25, 2017.
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    Kurdish President Massoud Barzani Speaks

    The day after his successful independence referendum, the commander of the Peshmerga talks with Bernard-Henri Lévy about Kurdistan’s neighbors Turkey, Iran, and Iraq, French President Macron, and the future of his people

    byBernard-Henri Lévy
  • Kurdish Peshmerga forces raise the Kurdish flag at a checkpoint on the road leading from Kirkuk to northern Iraqi city of Tikrit on June 30, 2014. (MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images)
    Kurdish Peshmerga forces raise the Kurdish flag at a checkpoint on the road leading from Kirkuk to northern Iraqi city of Tikrit on June 30, 2014. (MARWAN IBRAHIM/AFP/Getty Images)
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    What Kurdish Independence Would Mean

    And why Israel supports the ambitious—if unlikely—push for statehood

    byLee Smith
  • Israelis of Kurdish origin hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in wake of Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Mamara.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israelis of Kurdish origin hold Kurdish and Israeli flags during a demonstration outside the Turkish embassy in wake of Israel’s deadly raid on the Mavi Mamara.(Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Another Israel

    Kurds and Jews share a similar history and a common enemy

    byJames Kirchick
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