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Tensions Between Kurdish Groups On The Rise After Arrests

October 28 2020

Iraq

The arrest of suspected Kurdish militants by authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan has sharpened tensions between rival factions, reports the Voice of America News.

On Monday, the Kurdish Region's Security Council (KRSC), an intelligence service led by the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), announced that it had arrested members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The KRSC said that the arrests averted an attack on foreign diplomatic mission in Erbil and attacks on personnel and...

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