Today's Zaman (Turquie) : "Turkey only ‘viable alternative’ for Iraqi Kurds, says ICG"

Turkey only ‘viable alternative’ for Iraqi Kurds, says ICG

Turkey emerges as the only viable alternative for Iraq's Kurds as the US, their main protector against the Baghdad government and neighboring states, prepares to withdraw from Iraq, and amid growing tension in their ties with the Baghdad government, an international think tank has said in a report. 

The report, titled “Iraq and The Kurds: Trouble Along The Trigger Line,” and drawn up by the International Crisis Group (ICG), was released in Brussels on Wednesday. It mainly focuses on the ongoing tension between the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in Arbil. While analyzing the roots of the tension, the report also casts a probable role for Turkey in various scenarios.

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