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US urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Sinjar region
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] The presence of the PKK in the Sinjar region of Iraq is a "major obstacle to reconciliation" and the return of displaced people, the U.S. said Tuesday."We believe that the PKK which is a U.S. designated terrorist organization should have no role in Sinjar," State Department front man Mark Toner said. Toner’s comments comes after Iraqi Kurdish regional government Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani threatened to use military force to remove the PKK from the predominantly Kurdish Yezidi city of Sinjar. The PKK has sought to establish a foothold in the region that falls to the northeastern mountainous outskirts of Nineveh province, since ISIS was driven out last year by Peshmerga and local forces with the help of the U.S.-led coalition. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-30 |
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