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.

The spotlight is once again on the Kurds in the Middle East. The US and Israel launched a crippling air campaign on Saturday, devastating Iran's security forces across the country, particularly in the ...

The Trump administration should abandon any plans to arm Iranian Kurdish forces before the first fighter crosses the Iraqi-Iranian border. Not refine it. Not sequence it more carefully. Drop it ...

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 ...

John Calabrese does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

I have witnessed Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish fighters working with American forces in Iraq and Syria over many years. For their part, the Iranian-Kurdish militia living in neighbouring Iraq are ...

President Donald Trump has ruled out enlisting Kurdish militias to invade Iran, but at least some of the fighters are betting that as the war drags on, the U.S. may still come calling. Kurdish ...

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 ...

Degala, Iraq — A rusted metal gate and a wind-torn flag mark the entrance to the Kurdistan Freedom Party’s base outside the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. An anti-aircraft gun sits on the plateau ...

The head of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group has told Newsweek his forces were prepared to launch ground operations against the Islamic Republic's security forces if and when President Donald Trump ...

Ms. Geranmayeh is the deputy head of the Middle East and North Africa Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations. The United States may once again be poised to turn the Kurds into its foot ...

Kurdish forces, including PDKI, are prepared to take military action against Iran’s regime but are awaiting critical external support to move forward. The Kurdish coalition forces have organized a ...