New moves in the war in Iran as thousands of additional U.S. troops make their way to the Middle East. Army veteran Dan Hollaway and economist Mitch Roschelle join “Batya!” to talk about the possibility of a ground offense in Iran. #Iran #gasprices #middleeast NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Militants from several Kurdish Iranian factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran's regime in the northwestern part of the country, according to U.S. and Israeli officials and a senior official in one of the Iranian-Kurdish factions. Why it matters: A Kurdish ground offensive coordinated with the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Tehran would be a potential way to increase pressure on the regime and encourage an internal rebellion that could spread to other parts of Iran. Driving the news: Six days before the war began, five dissident Kurdish Iranian groups sheltering in Iraq announced the formation of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan to fight Iran. - These Kurdish factions have…
The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.