The day after the coordinated strikes by the US and Israel on Iran, on March 1st, Trump held phone talks with two key Kurdish leaders in Iraq — Masoud Barzani, former president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and Bafel Talabani, head of another major regional political force, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.



According to the Associated Press, citing unnamed Kurdish officials, Trump asked Iraqi Kurds to provide military support to Iranian Kurdish groups within the Islamic Republic. Additionally, the American leader proposed opening the border to allow Iranian Kurdish forces free movement.

What role does Washington assign to this ethnic minority, and what is their combat potential?
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