It is too soon to tell whether Ankara's latest cease-fire with the Kurdistan Workers' Party will hold, or for how long.
Despite a downgrade in regional influence, the Islamic republic is not without options regarding Syria.
Iraq's Kurds and Shiites share an interest in stopping the spread of Sunni Arab militancy.
A Western intervention in Syria would not be as clean or effective as some believe.
The debate over whether Washington should intervene continues.
Baghdad's struggle to contain unrest will only get more difficult with time.
To an extent, the Arab world is starting history all over again.
Regional conditions will drive Baghdad closer to Tehran.
It appears that Syria's jihadists represent a transnationalist threat.
