Could Kirkuk crisis change US views on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq?
The Kirkuk crisis is not strictly a conflict between Baghdad and Erbil’s autonomous KRG. Nor is it just about the Kurdistan referendum in September.
KURDISH PESHMERGA fighters stand in front of Shi’ite Popular Mobilization Forces in the southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, last Friday. (photo credit: AKO RASHEED / REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
