Tensions are rising in the middle east over the kurds and their territorial ambitions, autonomy and perhaps even a new country.
In kirkuk iraq right now there is a standoff between the iraqi army and the YPG(kurds).
The whole middle east is a tangled web of alliances battling for control. We have the sunni alliance...
Isis , fsa in syria, supported by Saudi arabia the sunni emirites, turkey, jordan the U.S. and israel
The shiite block: Iran, syria govt, iraq govt, lebonan, hezbollah Russia and China fightinf Isis and sunni influence.
The kurds are being funded by the u.s. to fight Isis allegedly. But the real goal of israel saudi and the u.s is to stop iran and russia from creating a shiite land bridge from iran to the mediteranean and to overthrow Assad in syria.
It seems Assad has won and isis is finished so now there is a huge land grab race going on in rural iraq and syria over conrtol of the oil fields.
The kurds just want there own country and are playing the u.s. israeli game. Keeping the shiite regime in iraq iran and syria destabilized
This is where turkey comes in... Although sunni turkey wanted Assad gone and iran kept in check that seems to have failed. Also turkeys arch enemy are the kurds.
You will see on the map the kurds are spread over turkey iran iraq and syria, this could be a uniting issue to get Turkey to flip and join or at least cooperate with the Russian iran shiite alliance. A common enemy.... the kurds.
A complicated situation indeed with multiple alliances seemingly contradicting themselves.
Deals are being struck... will the u.s. abandon the kurds? Will turkey gravitate towards a russian and shiite alliance?
Signs are showing the u.s. escalating rhetoric and sanctions against iran.... at the same time turkey and saudi arabia seem to be cooperating and turning to russia for missile defense and other trade deals.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few months.