Published date: 11 March 2021 12:03 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks ago The Euro-Arab bloc and Iran-allied paramilitaries are far from being in a marriage of convenience against Ankara in Iraq, but this two-fronted battle poses a significant challenge Iraqi riot police protect the Turkish embassy in Baghdad on 18 February 2021 (AFP) An array of countries sharing hostility towards Turkey - France, Greece, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Armenia - have gradually stepped up their diplomatic and economic presence on Turkey’s southern frontier in Iraq’s Kurdish region. Simultaneously, Iraqi paramilitary actors of the Iran-led regional "axis of resistance" are growing more hostile towards Turkey, as the latter sees a growing threat from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Yazidi-inhabited Sinjar in the north of Iraq.