Iraq/Kurdistan: After the Islamic State, Iraq at Risk of a New Battle for Disputed Territory

Dec 10, 2016 | Missy Ryan and Aaso Ameen Shwan, Associated press
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Kurdish intentions to remain in disputed areas of northern Iraq, despite warnings from Baghdad, threaten to spark renewed ethnic conflict once the Islamic State can be defeated, bringing long-standing feuds over land, oil and political power back to the fore. The debate over the positioning of Kurdish forces after Mosul is retaken reflects larger questions about how groups that have formed uneasy alliances against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will interact after the imminent danger has receded.