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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter inspects damage following an Iranian cross-border attack about 15 kilometres from the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah. AFP
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter inspects damage following an Iranian cross-border attack about 15 kilometres from the Iraqi city of Sulaimaniyah. AFP
Saving Iraqi sovereignty: Iran, Turkey and a fractured homeland
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Bilal Wahab
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Dr Bilal Wahab is the Nathan and Esther K Wagner fellow at The Washington Institute
27 November, 2022