The U.S.-led coalition to defeat Islamic State says local forces have retaken 87 percent of the territory once held by IS in Iraq and Syria. But as the terror group's defeat becomes imminent in Iraq, Iraqis are starting to shift their focus to a more complicated dispute: Iraqi Kurds' desire for independence. As VOA Pentagon correspondent Carla Babb reports, the dispute between two close U.S. allies could allow a U.S.-enemy, Iran, to strengthen its influence on its neighbor.
Rechercher dans ce blog
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Search
Featured Post
Tornado Watch for parts of Middle Georgia - wgxa.tv
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Tornado Watch for parts of Middle Georgia wgxa.tv "middle" - Google News December 30...
Postingan Populer
-
DUBLIN (CBS SF) — An accident in the parking lot of a Dublin middle school Wednesday morning resulted in the tragic death of a woman who wo...
-
In yet another telling aspect of Beijing’s response to the global coronavirus crisis, China is now busy bullying Taiwan . Beijing has alwa...
-
worldinmiddleeast.blogspot.com [unable to retrieve full-text content] Central AL Forecast: Cold front brings us rain today and then less ...
No comments:
Post a Comment