Kurds’ fate hangs in the balance
By James M. Dorsey
Kurds, the world’s largest stateless ethnic group, have long been a fixture in US and Israeli machinations to undermine, if not topple, Iran’s Islamist leaders.
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They still are.
Since attacking Iran on February 28, US President Donald Trump and Israeli leaders have played with the idea of encouraging Iranian Kurdish militants operating from bases in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan to open a new front in Iran’s predominantly Kurdish western provinces.
In an indication of continued Israeli interest in the Kurds, Middle East Forum, a Philadelphia-based influential hardline pro-Israeli think tank, this week included Kurdish in the launch of its foreign language offerings.
Iranian Kurds have responded lukewarmly to US and Israeli entreaties.
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