Dr. Zheger Hassan believes Turkey has a lot of influence in the Kurdistan Region and as a result, there is no need to add it to its own soil.

Ankara agreed that part of its natural gas payments to Moscow would be switched to rubles.

Sunnis and Kurds in Iraq are wary that if unresolved, the fighting among Shiite factions could spill over into their regions.

Western states are increasingly concerned over intensifying economic ties between Turkey and Russia, warning of the mounting risk of Ankara facing potential punitive retaliation if it assists Moscow in avoiding sanctions, the Financial Times said on Saturday.

On 20 July, Iraqi tourists escaping the blistering heat of southern and central Iraq for the relatively cool climate of the Parakh tourist resort in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Zakho district suddenly found heavy artillery shells raining down around them.

Dr. Zheger Hassan believes Turkey has a lot of influence in the Kurdistan Region and as a result, there is no need to add it to its own soil.

The head of the Kurdish Democratic Day Party in Syria stated: The self-governing administration is a successful example of democracy in the war-torn Syria, and Turkey does not want to see the existence of another Kurdish region on its borders.

The head of the Kurdistani Liberal Union Party stated the Kurds in Syria are discussing the formation of an operation room against a possible Turkish attack and other political issues with the central government in Damascus.

A professor of Middle East politics believes claims about Turkey's intention to annex some Kurdish regions of Syria and Iraq and to try to revive the territory of the Ottoman Empire is more for domestic use.

A Syrian Kurdish politician said: "Turkey was not allowed to attack Syrian Kurdistan, but it will not stop occupying whenever the opportunity arises."

A leading figure of the Iraqi al-Fateh alliance on Saturday threatened to take military action against Turkey through Poplar Mobilization Forces if the Iraqi government in Baghdad remains to sit idly.

A Change Movement representative in the former Iraqi Parliament and a Kurdish politician condemned the arrest of representatives of the New Generation Movement and journalists in the cities of Erbil and Sulaimani by the Kurdistan Region authorities.

According to Economic Times, Syrian Kurds are interested in the black market of weapons due to the shipment of weapons from the West to Ukraine.

Turkey Ministry of Defense announced the country's military operations in Iraqi Kurdistan will continue ceaselessly.

The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, said on Saturday, August 6, his demands to dissolve the Iraqi parliament and for early elections has become the public demand with broad support.