PoliticsIraq’s Kurdish forces seek a new era after US withdrawal

After the United States and other coalition partners ended their mission against ISIL and withdrew from Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government said Kurdish factions linked to the KDP and PUK had been merged into one Peshmerga structure. The move is intended to strengthen stability, but party disputes and separate geographic commands continue to threaten lasting unity.

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