Iranian Kurdish fighters step up clashes ahead of KRG independence vote
The increased attacks against Iranian forces by Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraq raise questions about the future of relations between Erbil and Tehran.
![MIDEAST-CRISIS/MOSUL-WOMENFIGHTERS An Iranian-Kurdish female fighter fires her rifle during a fight with Islamic State militants in Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - RTX2RRIZ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2017/08/RTX2RRIZ.jpg/RTX2RRIZ.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=uopBTW3f)
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