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.

Salih Muslim, one of the founding members and the first co-chair of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a pioneering force among the Kurds in Syria, passed away late yesterday at a hospital in Erbil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Iraq's federal government has warned the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) not to allow Kurdish groups to become involved in the war on Iran, telling Kurdish authorities that Iraqi forces could move ...

Kurds remain the world’s largest stateless ethnic group with long-standing demands for autonomy and rights. In Iran’s current political turmoil, Kurdish parties and militias have re-entered ...

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 ...

ON A KURDISH BASE NEAR IRAQ'S BORDER WITH IRAN – Soon, there could be military boots on the ground crossing into the Islamic Republic of Iran from this terrain of fertile valleys, deep gorges and ...