Scott Peterson
Journalist and Photograph at The Christian Science Monitor
Journalist, The Christian Science Monitor; photographer, Getty Images; author of Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran–A Journey Behind the Headlines
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3 weeks ago |
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson
In a critical stride toward ending a conflict that has claimed some 40,000 lives in Turkey and the region, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared Monday it would disarm, disband, and shift from armed struggle to a political one to secure the rights of ethnic Kurds. The statement, made after a PKK congress in northern Iraq last week, echoes a February call to lay down arms by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999.
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4 weeks ago |
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson
Amid a rapidly escalating exchange of fire this week between Israel and Yemen’s Houthis, the United States announced the end of its own expensive, seven-week campaign of airstrikes against the Iran-backed group. While the U.S. campaign degraded Houthi capabilities, analysts describe the setback as likely only temporary, saying the Houthis’ military supply lines, underground stockpiles, and desire to fight are intact.
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1 month ago |
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson
This weekend’s negotiations in Oman between the United States and Iran about the future of the Iranian nuclear program followed a familiar but unorthodox format. At Iran’s behest, the parties didn’t speak face to face. Instead, Tehran’s representatives sat in one room, Washington’s in another, while Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi zipped back and forth with messages.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson
The sudden detention of Istanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, on fraud and “supporting terrorism” charges early Wednesday had one primary beneficiary: Turkey’s long-standing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, bidding to extend his rule through a third decade. Mr. İmamoğlu was arrested just days before he was to be formally named the main opposition candidate in Turkey’s next presidential election, in 2028.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Scott Peterson
On paper, the agreement to integrate a powerful, U.S.-backed Kurdish force into the national army and institutions of the “new” Syria promises unity, peace, and mutual respect for the country’s long-disenfranchised Kurdish minority. The deal on “principles” brings a much-needed boost to Syria’s interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, following the bloody crackdown on armed Assad-regime remnants that had mounted multiple attacks on forces of the new government.
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“If the #PKK is disbanded entirely or partially, they will lose their limited leverage to ensure that the Turkish side honors its part of the agreement”— @MohammedASalih @FPRI #Kurdish militants say they’ll disarm in favor of politics. Will #Turkey respond? My report, via
“While [#Erdoğan] looks very powerful, he also can sense that there’s a significant drop in his popularity… He still has to win elections and push through constitutional changes to extend his reign. All that requires Kurdish support”— @asliaydintasbas @BrookingsInst #Kurdish
#PKK disarms: “We got here because of this unique moment in history, when both sides – for hard-nosed geopolitical reasons – have decided that compromise makes greater sense”— @asliaydintasbas @BrookingsInst #Kurdish militants say they’ll disarm in favor of politics. Will #Turkey