It is stated that territorial disputes are often linked to wealth through the control of natural resources, but they can also be driven by sectarian, religious
TURKISH troops have been welcomed into areas of northern Iraq controlled by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), it was alleged today, as the deeping political crisis there brought calls for the government to resign.
Video footage circulating on social media apparently showed scores of Turkish soldiers eating alongside KDP supporters, with suggestions that they are to be deployed to quell an anti-government uprising.
Ankara is known to have forces in the region. The Morning Star reported last week that thousands of Turkish soldiers have joined KDP forces in the Qandil mountains region ahead of a threatened offensive against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).