Analysis: Could support for the 'other' Kurds stall Islamic State?
By Cale Salih and Mutlu Civiroglu Kurdish affairs analysts
The US and European countries have started arming and co-ordinating with the Kurds to fight the Islamic State (IS). But the Kurds are by no means a monolithic body, raising the question: are Western powers really helping the Kurds who can most effectively take on IS and rescue besieged civilians?
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