US-Israeli Plans to Mobilize Kurds Escalate Tensions at Iran-Iraq Border
Airstrikes target Iranian border posts as US prepares to back Kurdish peshmerga fighters, raising risks of chaotic civil war, experts warn.
Tensions are escalating along the Iran-Iraq border as the United States and Israel appear to be laying the groundwork for a new front in their long-standing conflict with Iran. Intense waves of airstrikes have hit dozens of military positions, frontier posts, and police stations in the northern parts of the border region, in what experts believe is preparation for a potential mobilization of Kurdish peshmerga fighters from northern Iraq.
A US official with knowledge of the discussions between Washington and Kurdish officials has confirmed that the US is ready to provide air support if the peshmerga fighters cross the border from northern Iraq. This move is seen by many as a risky gambit that could "open up a hornet's nest" and increase the risk of a chaotic civil war in the region.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: The Guardian
