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Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority Kurds

  • Written by John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority KurdsThe Kurdish flag is hoisted during a demonstration in Erbil, northern Iraq, on Jan. 21, 2018.Osama Al Maqdoni/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

With the Iranian regime weakened by relentless American and Israeli missiles, Washington is eyeing a familiar U.S. ally in the Middle East to help push the Islamic Republic over the edge: the Kurds.

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