Iran targets Kurdish groups in Iraq amid escalating conflict, as regional tensions rise following U.S.-Israeli strikes.

The conflict that began last Saturday with US-Israeli strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader has spread across much of the region, sparking global economic pressure, energy disruptions and travel chaos.

Tehran has warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tehran has warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Iran targets Kurdish groups in Iraq amid escalating conflict, as regional tensions rise following U.S.-Israeli strikes.

The Iranian military's strikes come amid speculation that the US wants Iranian Kurdish groups to join its conflict with Iran.

The Iranian military's strikes come amid speculation that the US wants Iranian Kurdish groups to join its conflict with Iran.

Tehran's strikes come amid speculation that the US wants Iranian Kurdish groups to join the fight against Iran.

The CIA has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

Kurdish dissident groups say the US has asked them to support its efforts against the regime; Iran warns it will not tolerate 'separatist groups' and claims it damaged headquarters

The United States is considering supplying weapons to Iranian Kurdish groups based in neighboring Iraq, according to reports. The move comes as the United States and Israel wage an aerial bombardment of Iran.

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials told The Associated Press. The Kurdish groups are widely seen as the most well-organized segment of the fragmented Iranian opposition…

Reports suggest the Trump administration is in talks with Kurdish opposition groups about supplying arms as the US–Israel war with Iran intensifies. If confirmed, the move would revive a long US strategy of backing Kurdish forces to pressure regional governments, and risk widening the conflict.

The United States intelligence agency, the CIA, has a history of working with Kurdish groups.