NATO downs Iran missile headed into Turkey's airspace
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Spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the ethnic group of 40 million has long sought, and fought for, greater autonomy.
Iran is continuing to strike at U.S. military bases across the Middle East, and the countries that host them. Iraqi forces say they shot down a drone targeting a U.S. base near Baghdad International Airport.
Turkey, a NATO member and Iran's neighbour, is currently working on securing peace with the outlawed Iraq-based Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group. Ankara also backs the integration of Syrian Kurdish militants into Syria's state systems, and is unlikely to support collaboration with Iranian Kurdish militias by NATO ally Washington.
Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.
Even as things continue to unfold in Iran, the stage looks set for the next chapter in the Turkish-Israeli contest.
Iran’s neighbors, like Turkey and Pakistan, have vested interests in ensuring that Iran’s ethnic minorities don’t challenge the central state.
The US Secretary of State called officials from the three countries following recent attacks by Iran on their territories. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Wednesday the foreign ministers
The U.S. military says it has hit nearly 2,000 targets in Iran. The State Department is urging Americans to leave 14 countries in the Middle East.