Turkey 'prevented Kurdish invasion' of Iran during Israeli-US war

Turkey 'prevented Kurdish invasion' of Iran during Israeli-US war Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Thu, 07/09/2026 - 09:36 Ankara pressured Washington not to back Kurdish fighters who were prepared to invade, according to Israeli media Iranian Kurdish fighters during routine military exercises in Koya, in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq (AFP) Off Turkey thwarted an Israeli and US -backed incursion of Kurdish forces into Iran during the war on Iran earlier this year, Israel's i24News reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Kurdish militias were ready to launch an attack on Iran, but the US halted the operation due to pressure from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Senior Israeli sources, who spoke with i24News, said the Kurdish operation was planned for months by US intelligence agencies.