Shia and Kurdish forces may clash on Iraq-Syria border
Numerous armed factions are manoeuvring for control as they push back Islamic State
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- Multiple conflicts
- The anti-IS war
- The Turkey-Kurdish war
- Iraq's disputed areas
- Syria's Raqqa
- Sinjar crisis
- Raqqa spillover
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