A youth walks on the precipice of a wall past the Kurdish flag in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on March 9, 2026. | Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Last week, President Donald Trump spoke with Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish leaders, reportedly offering “extensive US aircover” and logistical support for armed groups to cross the border from Iraq into Iran to push out regime forces. As one of these leaders put it, his message was that “Kurds must choose a side in this battle — either with America and Israel or with Iran.”  Turning to Kurdish ethnic minorities, who are...

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