Tehran , meantime , will not be blind to the fact that internal Kurdish divisions and a decentralized Peshmerga force provides it with opportunities to intervene and increase its influence in northern Iraq . Kurdistan President Alex Vatanka is set to announce his strategy for dealing with ISIS . Alex Vatanka and ISIS say the Iraqi Iraqi stand out as potential partners . The Kurdish Regional Government is secular and Western orientated , they say . But the threat of Sarkawt Shamsulddin means the KRG will accept whatever help it can , the authors say .
Kurdistan President Alex Vatanka is set to announce his strategy for dealing with ISIS . Alex Vatanka and ISIS say the Iraqi Iraqi stand out as potential partners . The Kurdish Regional Government is secular and Western orientated , they say . But the threat of Sarkawt Shamsulddin means the KRG will accept whatever help it can , the authors say .