🔶 America's withdrawal from Iraq; The Kurds and the difficult test of the new Middle East

🔶 America's withdrawal from Iraq; The Kurds and the difficult test of the new Middle East

Reporting by Omid Bryan

With the end of the presence of the military forces of the US-led international coalition in Iraq, a new page was opened in the geopolitical equations of the Middle East. This issue was accompanied by the reception of Ali al-Zaidi, the Prime Minister of Iraq. On this occasion, he called the first day of October "the day of sovereignty and independence". The Iranian government, the Revolutionary Guards and the Shiite militias supported by Tehran also welcomed this issue.

But for the Kurdistan region, which has benefited from Washington's support umbrella for the past two decades, this event is considered a serious alarm. Erbil now finds itself besieged by a web of intertwined crises; From the unprecedented pressures of the central government to concentrate and control resources, to the growing security threats from its neighbors.

Many observers believe that the main danger to the Kurdistan region after the end of the coalition's military mission is not a direct military conflict; Instead, it is a gradual erosion of its political and economic power.