US EditionIran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq as conflict widens
Iran launched ballistic missile and drone strikes on Kurdish opposition bases in northern Iraq, killing one and injuring several amid fears of U.S. support for Kurdish guerrillas.
- On Thursday, Iran said it had hit Iraq-based Kurdish groups, and Iranian news agency Tasnim reported explosions in Tehran.
- U.S.-Israeli strikes that began Saturday set off the wider war, with reports saying the United States is coordinating armed groups as proxies and seeking to arm Kurdish guerillas against Iran.
- A ballistic missile struck a base about 11:00 on Wednesday, injuring four Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and killing one, while BBC correspondents documented damage at a KDPI base hit by a double drone strike on Tuesday that injured one civilian.
- Authorities in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar said they intercepted Iranian missiles on Wednesday, including a drone bound for the Ras Tanura refinery, while Qatar evacuated residents near the US embassy in Doha and warned people to stay indoors.
- Markets and shipping face strain as IRGC claimed closure of the Strait of Hormuz, with South Korea activating a $68-billion stabilisation fund, and IMF chief Georgieva warned Thursday.
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Go claim to have attacked Kurdish groups in Iraq, which makes fear that the war in the Middle East will spread still further.
Iran's government has claimed Thursday to have launched a "preventive" operation against "separatist groups" supposedly preparing to "invade" Iranian territory from Iraq, after several days of attacks against Kurdish groups in the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. In addition, the Iranian army reportedly attacked the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish forces stationed in northern Iraq, according to the BBC.The Iranian Ministry of Intellige…
Iran claims to have again attacked Kurdish groups in Iraq.
Iraqi Kurdish militias in talks with Washington over Iran
Iran struck the Iraq-based headquarters of Kurdish opposition forces, amid reported discussions between the fighters and Washington over allying in the attack on Tehran. Kurds make up about a tenth of Iran’s population, and the ethnic group’s other national factions in Iraq and Syria have allied with the US in prior decades to fight those countries’ rulers. Senior Kurdish leaders denied having made any ground incursion into Iran thus far, but se…
Yesterday, several media outlets reported that a Kurdish ground offensive had begun in northwestern Iran. Meanwhile, the Kurdish Autonomous Region in northern Iraq says it is not involved.
Meanwhile, the Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guard, said it had launched an attack against the bases of "anti-revolutionary Kurdish groups" in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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