Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Will Iraqi-Kurdish conflict break out in Ninevah?

MOHAMMED A. SALIH for Al-Monitor Now that the Kurdish peshmerga forces have succeeded in ousting the Islamic State from crucial parts of Ninevah province, they're more determined than ever not to see the area slide back into the hands of the Iraqi forces.

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