PENJWEN: From their hideouts in the Iraqi mountains near Iran, leftist Kurdish rebels say they are ready to fight Iran, but hope for an uprising before they intervene, with or without US support. After saying that he would be “all for” a Kurdish offensive on Iran, US President Donald Trump appeared to backtrack Saturday, saying he did not want such an attack. Senior commander Roken Nerada of the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, or PJAK, said: “If there is an attack on the Kurdish people ... then with every means ...

PENJWEN: From their hideouts in the Iraqi mountains near Iran, leftist Kurdish rebels say they are ready to fight Iran, but hope for an uprising before they intervene, with or…

Between 4,000 and 5,000 Iranian Kurdish fighters are based in Iraqi Kurdistan. They have high hopes for the US-Israeli operation in Iran.