The Kurdistan region of Iraq has become the next battle ground between the US and Iran while it experiences its worst economic, social and political times.
Syrian Kurds are fleeing in their thousands to neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan. But even there, they will not be safe for the long arm of the Turkish president Erdogan.
Erdogan overestimated his power and devised a national agenda for the Middle East unaware of the fact that Washington and Moscow retain the last word in the region.