HybridMiddle EastIRQStable
Kurdistan Regional Government
Hybrid
Iranian strikes keep the KRG under pressure, but U.S. backing prevents a sharper slide.
PF Score
38
▼1Authority
46
Reach
31
PF ScoreLast 30 days
Under construction
38Overall▼1
Iranian strikes keep the KRG under pressure, but U.S. backing prevents a sharper slide.
46Auth▼2
Cross-border strikes expose limits of territorial security control.
31Reach
U.S. alignment preserves modest external relevance.
Depth: Agent
Allies & Partners1
United StatesPatron
+2+72
Lev
35
Dep
75
Masrour Barzani
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
Masrour Barzani is Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, a position he has held since 2019.
Foreign Policy·Analytical / LongformMar 18, 2025
Iraq has become the conflict's principal collateral battleground, with both belligerents striking its territory and neither respecting its nominal sovereignty.
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