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The Damascus–SDF agreement has the potential to transform Syria's political landscape. @MohammedASalih, writing for MEPS Insights, analyses the significance of the agreement and its implications for Syria's immediate future. Read the full analysis: mepsforum.org/post/the-damas…

How transformational is the Damascus-SDF agreement? Writing for MEPS Insights, @IbrahimAlAssil explores the opportunities, challenges and role of external powers such as the United States. Read the full analysis: mepsforum.org/post/the-damas…

MEPS Forum was honoured to partner with several institutions last year, including @MiddleEast_HKS, @WiltonPark, Cambridge University, @CrisisResp and @ACMideast. We are delighted to announce that MEPS Forum 2025 partnership applications are now open: mepsforum.org/partnerwithmep…

The show returns this year. Stay tuned for updates.

Thank you to all our workshop partners. #meps24

Prime Minister @masrourbarzani tells @_HadleyGamble in #meps24: We have lost over $20 billion since the oil exports (to Turkey) stopped more than a year ago - nearly $1bn/month. That has hurt Iraq as a whole, but the Kurdistan Region has bore the brunt of it. Moreover, we haven’t been adequately compensated – we see late payments from Baghdad and loss of revenues for federal coffers.

President @masoud_barzani speaking at #MEPS24 @OfficialAuk: I congratulate the people of Kurdistan on a successful election and hope that elections in Iraq next year will go as well and will benefit from the experience of the elections in Kurdistan. Today, relations between the KRG and the federal government are good and problems are dealt with through dialogue. We hope this will continue. We all pray for an end to the conflict in the region and in no way should Iraq be involved.

MEPS Forum 2024 is delighted to partner with Harvard University. Watch the highlights. #meps24

Thoughts, reactions and insights from our esteemed scholars and experts. #MEPS24

Noteworthy photo of President Erdogan with the Kurdish leadership. This highly symbolic moment captures the essence of Turkey’s relationship with the KRG, which stretches back to the early 1990s when the KRG was first established and secured its autonomy from Baghdad.

President Barzani receives President Erdogan in Erbil, along with Prime Minister Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani.

As we reported in advance of President Erdogan’s visit to Baghdad, Kurdish oil exports through Turkey will not resume and has not been a central feature of Erdogan’s deliberations with Prime Minister Sudani. More here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Erdogan’s visit to Iraq will see Iraq and Turkey re-assert their long-standing economic ties, with 20 deals expected to be signed. The visit could see an end to the impasse over Kurdish oil exports but sources in Baghdad believe a solution is not yet on the horizon.

Prime Minister Sudani's visit to DC *#Iraq signs MOUs in the energy sector, including an agreement on flaring *US approves the possible sale of aircraft support *Sudani meets energy companies in Houston, the chairman of JP Morgan Bank and the president of Lockheed Martin

Prime Minister Sudani's Visit to Washington *President Biden and PM Sudani re-affirmed their shared view that the Kurdistan Region is integral to Iraq’s prosperity. *Sudani and Biden stressed the importance of re-opening the Iraq-Turkiye Pipeline. More: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

From our sources. *President Erdogan will visit Erbil –– a historic first –– as part of a long-awaited trip to Iraq *Turkey is expected to reinvigorate its relationship with Erbil as part of its wider geopolitical objectives *Kurdish oil exports and the PKK will top the agenda

The Economic Revival of Kurdistan. Highlights from our inaugural event in Erbil. Stay tuned for more. #StrongerKurdistan

A #StrongerKurdistan requires a concerted and collective response to climate change, one that includes decision-makers, businesses, civil-society and the youth. Kurdistan is duly represented at #Cop28 by Prime Minister @masrourbarzani, @IKRPresident and other KRG officials.

The world is watching. Let’s  #UniteActDeliver. #COP28

Honored to attend #COP28 with Prime Minister @masrourbarzani. KRG Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Begard Talabani and I had a meeting with the @UNDP and visited the Iraq pavilion. Discussions centered around potential funding for projects in Kurdistan and Iraq to help us tackle climate-related challenges. Happy to see Iraq Climate Envoy Fareed Yasseen, former Iraqi Ambassador in Washington.