Fears of new guerrilla war before Isis dream of caliphate is crushed

The prospect of Turkish or Iranian occupation of parts of Kurdistan could push diplomacy in the region to its limits

With Islamic State days from being ousted from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, and ejected two months ago from Mosul in Iraq, the western anti-Isis alliance should be congratulating itself.

Instead, it finds the two ground forces that did most to expel Isis, which are armed, trained and supported by Washington, at each other’s throats, with tensions concentrated on the oil city of Kirkuk.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2hJkA6N