Middle East scholar Arzu Yilmaz says limits of Turkish military activity in Iraq are mostly set by Iran

On the Middle East with Amberin Zaman

English - April 28, 2021 18:58 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB
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Middle East scholar Arzu Yilmaz argues that Iran has made irreversible gains in Iraq allowing it to more or less dictate the limits of Turkish intervention in Iraq. Turkey is free to operate against the Kurdistan Workers Party in Iraqi Kurdistan but territories such as Sinjar that are disputed between Baghdad and the Iraqi Kurds are a red line.

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