Reports suggest the Trump administration is in talks with Kurdish opposition groups about supplying arms as the US–Israel war with Iran intensifies. If confirmed, the move would revive a long US strategy of backing Kurdish forces to pressure regional governments, and risk widening the conflict. Reports suggest the Trump administration is in talks with Kurdish opposition groups about supplying arms as the US–Israel war with Iran intensifies. If confirmed, the move would revive a long US strategy of backing Kurdish forces to pressure regional governments, and risk widening the conflict.