Iraqi Kurds are under foreign pressure and are divided: researcher

"The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is under pressure from the north and south, and the Kurds are not united inside, Dr. Adriano Dirri, a comparative constitutional law researcher at the University of Rome in Italy, told KurdPress.

Adriano Dirri, a comparative constitutional law researcher at the University of Rome, called the political situation of the Iraqi Kurds as unsuitable and said the region is divided among two families and two parties.

"Kurdistan Region is actually under pressure from the North, as I have said above, and from the South. The division of the Kurdish community and the bad choice to hold a referendum coupled with geopolitical issues are the main obstacles for the Kurdistan Region," he said about the problems of the autonomous region.

"As far as I know shall be clarified what does it mean 'more decentralization'. If decentralization within the Kurdistan Region means making Sulaimani the homeland of that parties based there, this is absolutely in contrast with the spirit of decentralization. It is not an helpful approach, at all," he said about the demands of some political parties in Sulaimani for decentralization in the Kurdistan Region.

Turkey military presence in Kurdistan Region

Dirri Turkey is seeking special goals though its military operation in the Kurdish region in the north of Iraq and stated that "the operation of the Turkish army in February shall be read into the general context. Turkey is clearly pursuing a strategy in order to establish itself as a "veto player" in the region. This is the meaning of the whole Turkish policies in the Middle East, from Libya to Azerbaigian, which were, historically, the areas of influences of the Ottoman Empire, directly or not does not matter"

"Turkey won't stop its operations in Kurdistan, especially because Turkey has established several outspots and military bases in the northern part of the Kurdistan Region," the analyst added.

"Another issue is about the responsibility of the Turkish presence in the Iraqi Kurdistan. What it is possible to affirm is that Kurdish are not united and this favours the expansion/free hand of the Turkish army/operations there. It is very hard to establish the truth on who does what and with which purpose," Dirri said about the reactions of the Kurdistan Regional government and the political parties of the region to Turkey attacks.

Joe Biden and Kurds

About the US President Joe Biden's policy towards Kurds and the Kurdish issue, the political researcher said: "In the first instance, Biden might be a better President than Donald Trump related to the Kurds (especially to the Syrian Kurds). Nevertheless, history never replies itself, more than ever in the Middle East where more actors are playing with their new cards, Russia, above all. The discussion about federalism in Iraq is stuck and what Biden said in 2006 cannot be taken seriously in consideration. Everything has changed since then. Biden became President three months ago, he will manage the Iraqi and Kurdistan dossier differently from the previous US administration. As I have stressed previously, the constitutional structure in Iraq MUST be implemented seriously; only afterwards there can be a space to talk about regions, governorates and the development of Iraq."

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