US EditionConflicting Reports About Kurdish Militia Offensive in Iran
Reports conflict on Kurdish militias' ground offensive near the Iran-Iraq border, with multiple Kurdish groups denying any operation has started despite claims of cross-border fighter movement.
- On Wednesday, reports emerged that Kurdish militias launched a ground offensive into northwestern Iran from Iraq, with Fox News citing a U.S. official that thousands crossed the border.
- Returning fighters from Iraq were said to be Iranian Kurds reentering northwestern Iran, while Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan denied launching an incursion, Komala sources told Rudaw.
- Journalists and local sources said Barak Ravid reported a senior official from an Iranian-Kurdish faction denied reports of an ongoing ground offensive, and another Kurdish source denied the claim to Faytuks News.
- In Washington on Wednesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the U.S. military is not arming an insurgency inside Iran, and Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, denied reports of arming Kurdish forces.
- The wider conflict has, according to reports, seen a ballistic missile fired from Iran shot down by the Turkish defence ministry as the wider Middle East conflict enters its sixth day.
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Conflicting reports about Kurdish militia offensive in Iran
There are conflicting reports about whether Kurdish militias have launched a ground offensive into northwestern Iran near the border with Iraq. Fox News reported Wednesday that thousands of Kurdish fighters had crossed from Iraq into Iran and begun a ground offensive, citing a U.S. official. The fighters were described as Iranian Kurds who had been living in Iraq and are now returning to northwestern Iran as part of the operation. However, Kurdi…
Axios and Fox News cite anonymous officials: maneuvers from Iraq. The most important factions of the minority deny military activities
The US and Israel are carrying out major bombing raids along the Iran-Iraq border. The plan is to pave the way for Kurdish militias to advance towards Tehran. – Thousands of Iraqi-Kurdish fighters have launched a ground offensive, an American source tells Fox News.
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