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Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 29, 2026, 3:01 pm
US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
Mossad hoped ground campaign could ignite wider rebellion, but after plan was leaked, Iran bolstered defenses and regional US allies lobbied Trump to call it off, report says
By ToI Staff
Customers buy vegetables and fruits at a local market in Kawa Camp, which houses Iranian Kurdish refugees who fled Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 21, 2026, 10:36 am
Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls
Most were displaced after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and now eke out a living on the margins of Iraqi Kurdish society, but are wary of promises from foreign powers
By SAMYA KULLAB
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 15, 2026, 4:50 pm
Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime
Trump floated the idea of Kurdish militias going on the offensive to help defeat the Islamic Republic, but the reality on the ground limits the role they can likely play in Tehran’s collapse
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
March 8, 2026, 5:45 am
After initially voicing support, Trump says he doesn’t want Kurds to enter Iran war
US president previously stated Kurdish invasion from Iraq would be ‘wonderful,’ but now says conflict ‘complicated enough as it is’; believes Iran behind deadly strike on school in south Iran
By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 6, 2026, 11:41 pm
Israel said bombing parts of western Iran to enable potential Kurdish offensive
Sources tell Reuters of ‘long-term’ contacts, with Kurdish militants poised to assault border territories and fight IRGC; senior PDKI official says group ready to join fight
By Reuters, ToI Staff and AFP
US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, DC on March 4, 2026. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
March 5, 2026, 11:55 pm
Trump: ‘I have to be involved’ in picking Iran’s next leader, Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’
US president says he’ll have ‘big impact’ on Iran’s future leadership, compares situation to aftermath of Maduro’s capture, brushes off reports Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed father
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan PDKI stands at a checkpoint leading to their base in Koya district of Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 5, 2026, 12:42 pm
Iran says it hit Kurdish forces in Iraq, as some groups plan to join fight against Tehran
Kurdish dissident groups say the US has asked them to support its efforts against the regime; Iran warns it will not tolerate ‘separatist groups’ and claims it damaged headquarters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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