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AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has expressed hope that his country would avoid military conflict with U.S.

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War Comes to Kurdistan, the Place Without a Country Published Oct 06, 2014 at 11:30 AM EDT Updated Apr 05, 2016 at 10:59 AM EDT ...

opinion Commentary Kurdistan shows what can be achieved with a forever war We have benefited from U.S. support and genuine partnership; it is the success story that is not spoken about often enough.

On Tuesday morning in Erbil, Kurdistan’s capital, we met with the Minister for Peshmerga Sheikh Jafar Mustafa, before heading down to see what we thought were the front lines.

Iraqi Kurdistan seems to be a classic example of the resource curse. Oil is found, pumped, shipped and sold (and sometimes stolen). Regimes, politicians, ministers and companies come and go.