The Wall Street Journal discussed recent Kurdish offensives against theIslamic state in Tel Ebyad, Syria with Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an analyst of Kurdish affairs for Jamestown.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg discussed the future of the Islamic State with Haaretz on the anniversary of the militant organization's conquest of Mosul.

International Business Times talked to Wladimir van Wilgenburg about the impact of the success of the Kurdish political party in the recent Turkish elections and how that impacts Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the PKK.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg discussed Yazidi and Kurdish militias fighting against the Islamic State in Iraq with RFE/RL.

The New York Times quoted Jacob Zenn in a article on how Boko Haram and the Islamic State courted each other before the former declared allegiance to the latter.

The recent Turkish election and the electoral gains made by the Kurdish party were discussed by Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an analyst of Kurdish affairs for Jamestown, with al-Jazeera.

El Mundo, the Spanish newspaper, quoted Wladimir van Wilgenburg on Spanish snipers fighting against the Islamic State with Kurdish forces.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg discussed how Kurdish forces are asking for military equipment in light of the gains made by the Islamic State at Ramadi for the Wall Street Journal.

Willy Lam was interviewed by the New York Times' China blog Sinosphere on his latest book Chinese Politics in the Era of Xi Jinping: Renaissance, Reform, or Retrogression?.

Wladimir van Wilgenburg, an analyst of Kurdish affairs for Jamestown, was quoted by the AP on Kurdish fighters and their will to fight the Islamic State.