Ινφογνώμων Πολιτικά: Analysis: Tensions on the Turkish-Iraqi border

Ινφογνώμων Πολιτικά: Analysis: Tensions on the Turkish-Iraqi border: "By JONATHAN SPYER
If the Turks increase attacks against PKK bases in northern Iraq, a Kurdish counterstrike can dangerously escalate.
The monthlong cease-fire declared unilaterally by the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party) for the Ramadan period is set to finally expire this week. As it does so, the prospects for renewed violence are very real.
PKK guerrillas, based in their stronghold in the Qandil mountain range in northern Iraq, have carried out a series of successful operations since abandoning their earlier ceasefire this year."