US EditionTrump says he's ruled out having Kurds join Iran war
Trump warned Kurdish forces against joining the Iran conflict to avoid escalating regional tensions and Kurdish casualties amid ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes on over 3,000 targets.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had told Kurdish forces not to enter the Iran war after attending a dignified transfer for six U.S. service members.
- Trump said he ruled out Kurdish participation because he didn’t want to make the war more complex and opposed their involvement to prevent harm despite their willingness, while Israel’s military pushed for Kurdish action and CNN reported the CIA sought to arm Kurdish forces.
- Trump reinforced his stance with a warning, saying `I would say, if we ever did that, they would be so decimated that they wouldn't be able to fight at the ground level`, as U.S. and Israeli strikes continued and about 10,000 civilian structures were damaged, the Iranian Red Crescent reported.
- As a result, immediate implications include Trump not ruling out U.S. ground troops while vowing to minimize troop deaths as Iran's president threatens attacks.
- Regional reactions underscore that Turkey on March 5 warned PJAK activity threatens stability, airstrikes hit Iranian forces near Erbil, and Human Rights Watch called for a war-crime probe after a deadly school attack.
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Israeli ambassador to US declines to rule out sending troops into Iran
Israel’s ambassador to the United States on Sunday declined to rule out the possibility of deploying Israeli troops to Iran as the country’s joint military operation with the U.S. continues to bombard Tehran. “We’re ruling out the possibility of this regime remaining in the position where they can endanger us and their neighbors,” Ambassador Michael Leiter said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “If that includes putting boots on t…
Trump, Netanyahu head off concerns about Kurds entering Iran war
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on Saturday against reports that they were working with Kurdish leaders to launch a ground invasion of Iran. “We’re not looking for the Kurds going in,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Saturday night. “We’re very friendly with the Kurds, as you know, but we don’t want to make the war any more complex than it already is. … I don’t want to see the Kurds going…
Trump Reverses Position Over Kurdish Invasion, Seeks ‘Unconditional Surrender’ From Iran
NEW YORK (VINnews) — US President Donald Trump reversed his previous position on Saturday, stating that he didn’t want Kurdish fighters from Iraq to join the war against Iran, after he had recently called the notion of Kurds invading Iran a “wonderful idea.” “I don’t want the Kurds to go into Iran… They’re willing to […]
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