A Kurdish referendum in the northern Iraqi region, which resulted in an overwhelming "Yes" for Kurdish independence, backfired and triggered a regional crisis when Iraqi forces launched a surprise offensive in mid-October to recapture Kurdish-held territory.
To further discuss this topic, I'm joined here in the studio by Prof. Ofra Bengio, Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University; and Dr. Hay Eitan Cohen Yanarocak - Research Fellow, The Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University. Analyst Amir Oren.
Studio Jerusalem
Serien ger tittaren en djupare förståelse av aktuella händelser i Israel och Mellanöstern. Expertsamtalen leds av Jonathan Hessen, nyhetsankare på TV7 Israel News.
