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We Have No Friends but the Mountains: The Background to Kurdish Autonomy – By Gary K Busch – ACADEMIA – 20 Febr 2020
The role and status of the various Kurdish groups in Iraq, Iran. Turkey and Syria are shaping the conflicts which continue in these nations. Iraqi Kurdistan has just voted for its autonomy, provoking a hostile reaction from the nations of the region. It is important to understand the roots of this ancient antagonism and the lack of unity among the Kurds which has always stood in the way of their progress towards an independent Kurdistan.