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In Iraqi Kurdistan, the U.S. intelligence community has enjoyed a nearly two-decade-long relationship with the Zanyari, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s intelligence service. Alongside its Kurdistan Democratic Party counterpart, the Asayish, the Zanyari has been at the tip of the spear in the region’s counterterrorism fight, against both the Islamic State and Iranian-backed militias.