PKK Withdrawal Adds Tension to Turkey-Iraq Ties
by Alakbar Raufoglu
May 26, 2013
Tension between Turkey and Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government over Ankara’s burgeoning ties with the oil-reach autonomous Kurdistan region and long support for Sunni-led anti-government protests in Baghdad seems to have gained a new dimension as Iraqi officials reject pleas to shelter the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in their territory, something that might harm the ongoing peace process next door.
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