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Aug 2024
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A New Battle for the PKK and the Kurdish...

JAKE HANRAHAN
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Today we speak to Kurdish researcher Dastan Jasim about the new front opened up in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The leading party of the Kurdistan region has teamed up with the Turkish military to drive out the Kurdish rebels of the PKK. In the process, many civilians are being harmed. 

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