Islamic State Tests Turkey-Iraqi Kurd Tie

Ankara's lack of support for Iraqi Kurds against the Islamic State militant group has cast a shadow over their otherwise close relationship. In the past few years, Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey have become close political and economic partners. But Ankara's failure to provide military support to Iraqi Kurds raises a question: is the relationship a casualty of the insurgency? The possibility that Islamic State forces could overrun the semi-autonomous Iraqi...

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