US and Kurds discuss potential Iran military operation: sources

Iranian ⁠Kurdish militias have consulted with the United States in recent days ⁠about whether, and how, to attack Iran’s security forces in the western part of the country, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.The Iranian Kurdish coalition of groups based on the Iran-Iraq border in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan has been training to mount such an attack in hopes of weakening the country’s military, as the United States and Israel pound Iranian targets with bombs and missiles.The goal would be ‌to create room for Iranians opposed to the Islamic regime to rise up now that Supreme leader Ali Khamenei and other top officials have been killed since the US-Israeli attack began on Saturday, two of the sources said.A final decision has not yet been made on the operation and its possible timing, added the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity to talk freely about sensitive military planning.00:38US President Donald Trump seeks to justify striking Iran amid shifting White House account