A senior figure in Iran’s Kurdish opposition has tied any potential ground incursion into Iran to a major U.S. military decision: the establishment of a no-fly zone over Kurdish areas in western Iran.

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The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war. By Erika Solomon Julian E. Barnes Christiaan Triebert Parin Behrooz and ...

Image — A member of the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, a Kurdish Iranian group, looks toward passing jets on 6 March 2026 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. Photo by Hawre Khalid/Getty Images. More than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Kurdish opposition groups say they are prepared to challenge Tehran but are holding back for now as the war ...

President Trump on Saturday said that he had “ruled out” encouraging Kurdish militia to take on the Iranian government. “They’re willing to go in, but we really—I’ve told them I don’t want them to go ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent media reports suggesting the U.S. and Israel are considering support for Kurdish militant groups operating along Iran’s ...

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are in discussion with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq and northwestern Iran about potentially arming groups opposed to the Iranian regime, according to ...

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said he has told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war as the US and Israel continue launching strikes against Tehran. “We’re very friendly with the Kurds, as ...

The Kurdish people are an ethnic minority group in the Middle East without an independent state. Estimates of the population range between 25 million and 45 million worldwide, with most living in the ...

Tehran (AFP) – Fresh blasts were reported in Iran's capital on Thursday as Tehran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned "separatist groups" against action in the widening war. The ...

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials ...