US backing Kurdish groups in fight against Iran

Iran has launched operations targeting Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish groups in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in neighboring Iraq amid the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the country as a result. Iranian missiles hit Sulaimaniyah city in the Kurdistan region, with Tehran striking “anti-Iran separatist forces” believed to be based near the Iran-Iraq border. The US is reportedly in talks with Kurdish groups to weaken Iranian forces and potentially create a buffer for Israeli forces. Various Kurdish groups in Iraq and Iran are involved, including the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. Iraqi Kurds are in a difficult position as they try to navigate their relationships with the US, Iran, and other forces in the region.

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