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U.S. Urges Kurds to Choose Sides Amid Tensions

3/31/2026

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  • A senior Kurdish official stated that the U.S. requested Iraqi Kurdish forces to assist Iranian Kurdish groups indirectly.
  • President Donald Trump highlighted the necessity for Kurds to choose alignment with either the U.S. and Israel or Iran.
  • Turkey disrupted an Israeli initiative to recruit Kurdish fighters for operations in Iran, claiming to have stopped 500 fighters at the border.
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Kurdish involvement could heighten regional tensions.
  • The U.S. is reportedly considering support for Kurdish factions to destabilize the Iranian regime.