The Iraqi military offensive against Iraqi Kurdistan has been on pause since Friday, but may soon be resuming, according to Iraqi Joint Operations Command, who are accusing the Kurds of using the ceasefire talks to “buy time.”
Iraqi officials say the Kurds are in particular delaying the transfer of control of border crossings between Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Iraq ordered all crossings closed and all flights banned out of Kurdish airports.
They believe the Kurds are trying to hold off on any more concessions while keeping the talks going, to give the Peshmerga time to set up new defenses, and some Iraqi officials seem keen to just resume the offensive and take more territory.
This perhaps should be unsurprising, as Iraqi Prime Minister Hayder Abadi has indicated the government intends to revoke all of the Kurdish government’s autonomy to punish them for having a referendum supporting independence, and the Kurds don’t seem to be getting anything back in this exchange. Though the Peshmerga hasn’t appeared effective in resisting Iraq’s military, there’s no reason for the Kurds to be in a rush to accept what amounts to an absolute surrender while talks are still ongoing.
Well that’s a strange headline. As far as the facts go, The Kurds are occupying territory that are not theirs. How can Iraq moving to reclaim their territory be viewed as INVADING KURDISH TERRITORY? The kurdish leadership should know what they agreed too.
When and how did you decide which territory belongs to whom?
Look at Who supports this Kurdish Independence. Because of the known Destabilizing Effects to the Region. But, I guess that would be too hard for You. The Kurds live in the Country of Iraq. They aren’t even a Majority in much of the Region they are laying claim to. How does that work?
How about let the Palestinians have their land back, give Syria back the Golan Heights. Then maybe People would be willing to talk about the Kurds situation. As it the Kurds supporters Occupying those Regions. Wonder Who I’m referring to? MAGA!
Floyd Hazzard simply stated a fact accepted by the United Nations.
The land belongs to the country of Iraq, it was never under the krg region (which is also part of Iraq), krg invaded the land when the central gov was fighting terror groups. Now that the gov is ending its battles it’s looking to stop the madness and regain control of its land. Not sure how anyone think of this otherwise, but sure with all those paid writers facts sound far to see
Same question here