Kurdish relations with Tehran have often been tense since the Iranian revolution. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan campaigns for greater autonomy
Kurds have most political autonomy in Iraq where the Kurdistan Regional Government administers their homeland. The KRG’s army, known as the Peshmerga, are also fighting Isis
Iran
Iraq
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) have pushed back the fighters of Islamic State in northern Syria to carve out a sphere of Kurdish influence which is now agitating Turkey
Armed conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) has flared up again. Ankara is also determined to thwart military or political cooperation between Turkish and Syrian Kurds
Syria
Turkey
Hasakah
Jarablus
Diyabakir
Sanandaj
Irbil
Bitlis
Ağri
Kobane
200 miles
200 km
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Irbil
Kurdish relations with Tehran have often been tense since the Iranian revolution. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan campaigns for greater autonomy
Kurds have most political autonomy in Iraq where the Kurdistan Regional Government administers their homeland. The KRG’s army, known as the Peshmerga, are also fighting Isis
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) have pushed back the fighters of Islamic State in northern Syria to carve out a sphere of Kurdish influence which is now agitating Turkey
Armed conflict between the Turkish government and the Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK) has flared up again. Ankara is also determined to thwart military or political cooperation between Turkish and Syrian Kurds
Iran
Iraq
Syria
Turkey
Hasakah
Jarablus
Diyabakir
Sanandaj
Bitlis
Ağri
Kobane
Aleppo
200 miles
200 km
Iran
Mosul
Iraq
Homs
Syria
Turkey