This is very fluid.
Since I posted this, there have been some changes that had not transferred down the information channels.
My understanding is 20-24 hours ago, there was another major shift. Peshmerga began to react and forced the PMF out of all disputed areas.
PKK have stayed in Kirkuk the entire time. There were some extreme abuses by the Iranian PMF. They also lost a number of pieces of equipment and crews.
The public and both political elements in KRG have been unified again and I think the immediate crisis is over.
Iran was in control for a while.
From what I read the YPG and YPJ took back Shingal then it was given back to Peshmerga.
Now, a good assessment must take place and Iran and Turkey made to back away from the abyss. Also it must be impressed on Baghdad that this will not happen again.
It was a long night over there last night.
“Peshmerga began to react and forced the PMF out of all disputed areas.”
Wow! Thanks for that update.
Kirkuk (and its oil) is perhaps a dispute that is only going to be settled as a result of a war - if not this one, it would likely require another. Might still.
I wonder if the Gulf Arabs will want to get a hand into this conflict (albeit covertly). They have issues with any Iranian advance.