Kurdistan Democratic Party

To Kurds Today, the Peshmerga Are Businessmen Who Receive Party Patronage, Not a Vanguard of a National Movement

Both Political Parties Continue to Control the Recently Renamed Kurdish Armed Forces and the Divisions Within Them

If Washington and Jerusalem Are Serious in Their Stated Ambition of Destroying the Islamic Regime in Tehran, They Need of Allies on the Ground

Without a Unified Command Structure or Genuine Coordination with Baghdad, the Region Remains Exposed

The Party Was the Second-Largest Vote-Getter in Recent Parliamentary Elections, in Which It Courted Non-Kurdish Voters