The flourishing of Kurdish has extended even to Iran and Turkey, where the Kurds have relatively little power. ... Yet events in other parts of Kurdistan are influencing developments in Iran’s Kurdish regions. ..…

Administration officials in January told Newsweek Trump's sudden withdraw order could undercut strategic U.S. alliances with regional allies; free Russia and Iran to re-establish a full military presence and solid footing in the Mediterranean; and leave U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters..…