Turkey Thwarted Israeli Plan to Use Kurds as Proxy Force Against Iran Ankara's diplomatic pressure and intelligence efforts forced Israel to abandon a Mossad-backed scheme to recruit up to 10,000 Kurdish fighters.

#US-Israel plan for #Kurdishincursion into #Iran collapses.

Leaks led to #Kurdishforces amassed near Iranian/Iraq border being an #abandonedoperation when Iran moved resources to respond.

#Turkey also opposed the invasion worried it would lead to much wider spread of conflict in the region.