This is the Popular Front podcast with me Jake Hanrahan.

We're focused on the niche details of modern warfare and underreported conflict

all across the world. Popular front is

completely independent. Today we're speaking to Ariz Kader. He's a Kurdish

political commentator really makes sense of a lot of complicated things

that are going on in the Kurdish region at the moment. He's going to be talking to

us about the various goings on in Iraqi Kurdistan or Basho, whatever you want to call it.

Basically the political parties there are butting heads in a way that is becoming

increasingly dangerous.

Kurdish rebel groups have been banned by the leading party.

It's a bit of a mess.

To support Popular Front and get lots extra, go to patreon.com slash popular front. In a in kud In Kurdistan or the KIG or the KIG or BASHO, whatever you want to call it, in this

region obviously there's historically been a lot of tension between Kurdish parties themselves

as well as all the outside agitators and attackers.

Always KDP, P UK,, various other parties were his butting heads, but recently it's getting to a point where things are actually starting to look like there's going to be some serious problems ahead and I mean more serious than what they have now

we've even seen the k-I-G is just basically outlawed the PKK they've just

invited Turkey in in a way I've never seen before literally projecting the Turkish flag on the

citadel which just I mean I don't think you need to be Kurdish to even

understand how insane that is but yeah I guess let's start at what the

issues are obviously there's always issues as I said but things are starting to get a little bit

more serious. Yeah, it is serious.

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