Counting the cost of the Iran war in Iraqi Kurdistan

Counting the cost of the Iran war in Iraqi Kurdistan

Over the past six weeks, Iran and Iraqi militias have subjected Iraq’s Kurdistan Region to a massive campaign of airstrikes. Regular drone and missile strikes have resulted in multiple deaths and caused significant economic and social disruption across the semi-autonomous region. It has also exacerbated political friction between Erbil and other political forces inside Iraq. According to Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a war monitor, there wer…