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Great expectations: The Kurds of Iraq and President Biden - opinion

Great expectations: The Kurds of Iraq and President Biden - opinion
Great expectations: The Kurds of Iraq and President Biden - opinion

2021-01-21 00:00:00 - From: Iraq News


However, all these achievements evaporated in the aftermath of the referendum as the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI) experienced one of the worst setbacks ever: Turkey, Iran and Iraq joined hands in an attempt to put an end to Kurdish autonomy, suffocate its economy and bring the Kurdish leadership to its knees. Initially, the Trump administration turned a blind eye to its erstwhile ally the Kurds, but then it did help the KRI to somehow weather the crisis.