MESOP : THE PKK INVASION INTO KRG-SOUTH KURDISTAN / WITH OK BY PUK & TEHRAN

PKK allegedly moving headquarters to Sulaimani

21 June 2016 – The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Kurdish Communities Union (KCK) – an umbrella network that includes the PKK – has reportedly decided to move from the Qandil Mountains in Northern Iraq, which has been the organization’s headquarters for many years.According to pro-government Sabah daily the PKK has formed an alliance with the Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces militia in order to move to the Sulaimani-Halabja line instead.

There were rumors as the government in Baghdad was allegedly arming the PKK in Iraq to align with Popular Mobilization Forces and their political interests, according to Nazim Harki, the vice chair of the Interior Affairs Committee in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) parliament. Speaking to the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) official website in December, Harki said: Baghdad is trying to arm and attach the PKK to the Popular Mobilization Forces in accordance with its interests in the region. The aim here is to prevent Kurds, who have gained strength across the region, and make them fight each other.” www.mesop.de