Kurds at center of new Iran, Turkey power grabs in Iraq - analysis
Turkey is making another power play in northern Iraq. It claims to be fighting the PKK, but it is setting up bases and using Iraqi airspace.
A Kurdish man carries a flag with a portrait of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan during Nowruz festival celebrations, in Beirut, Lebanon March 20, 2022.(photo credit: REUTERS/AZIZ TAHER)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
