{"id":342300,"date":"2026-05-10T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-major-powers-interested-in-iraqi-kurdish-regions-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:00:24","slug":"why-are-major-powers-interested-in-iraqi-kurdish-regions-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-major-powers-interested-in-iraqi-kurdish-regions-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are major powers interested in Iraqi Kurdish regions? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/0nWzYp-GaB4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why are major powers interested in Iraqi Kurdish regions? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nWzYp-GaB4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The region in north-eastern Iraq is at the center of geopolitical tensions. Iranian Kurdish fighters there are ready to take up the fight against the Iranian regime, while competing interests from the US, Iran, and Turkey place Iraq\u2019s Kurds in a difficult position.<\/p>\n<p>#dwgeopolitics #iraq #iran<\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The region in north-eastern Iraq is at the center of geopolitical tensions. Iranian Kurdish fighters there are ready to take up the fight against the Iranian regime, while competing interests from the US, Iran, and Turkey place Iraq\u2019s Kurds in a difficult position. #dwgeopolitics #iraq #iran For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/ Follow DW on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[131178,131767,128905],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-342300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-iraq","tag-northeastern","tag-region"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why are major powers interested in Iraqi Kurdish regions? | DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why are major powers interested in Iraqi Kurdish regions? | DW News for free, here on News ISC. 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