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Iran attacks northern Iraqi Kurdish positions

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Iran’s IRGC has struck Kurdish outposts in northern Iraq. Anti-government rallies continue in Iran’s Kurdish-majority west and elsewhere. They targeted three places in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region. Iran’s IRGC has struck Kurdish outposts in northern Iraq as anti-government rallies continue in Iran’s Kurdish-majority west and elsewhere. The special force’s ground division stated early Monday that … Read more

Iran rockets kill one at Kurdish party HQ

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Iranian rockets attacked the headquarters. There was an an Iranian Kurdish party in Koye. At least one person was killed. At least one person was killed when Iranian rockets attacked the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish party in Koye, near Erbil. According to Koye’s mayor, Tariq Haidari, 10 others were hurt. Iran’s semi-official Fars News … Read more

Protests erupt at the funeral of Iranian woman who died following her arrest by morals police

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Protesters shout anti-government slogans at Mahsa Amini’s funeral. The 22-year-old died after being detained by morality police enforcing hijab rules. Women in Iran are required to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes. Protests erupted at the funeral of a young woman who died after being detained by morality police enforcing strict hijab rules … Read more

Drone strike kills 4 PKK fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan: security

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Kurdish sources say four PKK fighters killed in drone strike. Drone attack targeted vehicle belonging to PKK fighters in Kalar. No claim of responsibility for drone strike on Kalar has been made. According to Kurdish sources, four fighters from Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed in a drone strike done by Turkey in … Read more

Armed drone attack in Irbil, Iraq

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An armed drone struck a road on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital. The attack took place three kilometres from the building site of the new US consulate in Irbil. An armed drone struck a road on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital, on Wednesday evening, injuring three individuals, according to security agencies. … Read more

Yazidis displaced anew by north Iraq violence

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Jundi Khodr Kalo, an Iraqi police officer, was among thousands of Yazidis forced to flee their homes this month after fierce clashes between the army and local fighters in their Sinjar heartland. “We were displaced the last time because we were afraid of the Islamic State” jihadist group, said Kalo, 37, a member of the … Read more

Iraq summons Turkey envoy in protest at Kurdistan offensive

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Iraq on Tuesday summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Baghdad in protest at a new  Turkish offensive concentrated on rebels in the north’s independent Kurdistan region. Turkey on Monday said it has released air and floor offensive toward militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. Iraq surpassed Turkish ambassador Ali Riza Guney a … Read more

Iran urges Iraq against hosting ‘disruptive security presence’

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi warned neighboring Iraq on Thursday no longer to allow its soil for use for activities  that disrupt the Islamic republic’s safety, his office said. His remarks follow accusations by using Iran remaining month that Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan area had hosted a “strategic center” utilized by Tehran’s arch enemy Israel. “The president … Read more