Why PKK & Peshmerga Locking Horns
The military clash that took place at the start of this month between the Peshmerga mainly belonging to Iraqi Kurdistan biggest political party Kurdistan Development Party (KDP) and the fighters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Is sparking debate on whether these two Kurdish giants are about to get into a full-fledged confrontation. The Defence Ministry of the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) stated that five Peshmerga were ambushed and killed by PKK guerrillas, while another four were injured. The PKK, for its part, said it does not want the Peshmerga to enter the area of confrontation between them and the Turkish military and that this was the reason for the incident. This incident happened in Amedi, a small town in the Duhok province of Kurdistan. Both these organizations are flag bearers of the Kurdish cause in their respective territories. The PKK is a Kurdish separatist organization founded in Turkey by Abdullah Ocalan in 1974. Initially, it took ins