The KDP demands power based on elections; the PUK insists on historical balance. Without Kurdish consensus, Baghdad cannot form a government.
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Ankara fears Iranian state collapse could empower PKK-linked Kurdish groups. NATO intercepted missiles. Erdogan seeks diplomatic off-ramp.
Iranian Kurds face risky dilemma amid unclear US endgame, past abandonments, and regime brutality.
Iran crisis could enable historic Kurdish settlement: state reduces fronts, Kurds seize autonomy opportunity.
Damascus seized northeast Syria, ending Kurdish autonomy. US abandonment sparks unprecedented cross-border solidarity movement.
US courts Kurds again, repeating pattern: fighters serve, civilians absorb reprisals, then Washington abandons.
Scarred by past betrayals, Kurds reject US proxy role: “We are not mercenaries.” Neutrality guides strategy.
Turkey fears Iran war spillover, US-Kurdish cooperation, Israeli regional ambitions—straining fragile relations with Washington.
Kurdish offensive risks rallying Persian nationalism, fragmenting opposition, and triggering regional blowback without lasting US commitment.
U.S. considers backing Iranian Kurds as new war front, as factions urge Kurds to abandon regime forces.