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Jerusalem Post/Magazine

‘Handing Iran the region on a silver platter’

Dr. Sherkoh Abbas says in the vacuum created by the lack of US support for the Kurdish Regional Government,‘the emerging winners are Bashar Assad and Iran,’ not the pro-democracy forces.

Sherkoh Abbas, the president of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria,
Sherkoh Abbas, the president of the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria,
(photo credit: Courtesy)
BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 12:01
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