Kurdish anti-ISIS stronghold in Iraq under threat
The autonomous enclave that the Kurds have created in northern Iraq, which had been a model of economic and political success, is facing a deep crisis that threatens its ability to stand up to the Islamic State. Iraq’s Kurdish region, which is almost totally separate from the rest of the country, and until recently has […]Zvi Bar'el writes for Haaretz:
The autonomous enclave that the Kurds have created in northern Iraq, which had been a model of economic and political success, is facing a deep crisis that threatens its ability to stand up to the Islamic State.
Iraq’s Kurdish region, which is almost totally separate from the rest of the country, and until recently has been considered the safest place in Iraq, began last month to enter a state of unrest. There have been stormy demonstrations, in which five civilians have been killed and more than 200 injured. That, along with the dismissal of cabinet ministers, the battle over the presidency and the economic crisis, are threatening the enclave’s unity and its capacity to function, including its ability to stand up to the Islamic State.
