IRGC and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announce "preemptive joint operations" against "separatist groups" in Iraq who "intend to enter from the western borders of the country and carry out terrorist attacks with separatist goals in urban and border areas"
The Revolutionary Guard announces targeting Kurdish bases in Iraqi Kurdistan with 3 missiles
Heavy American airstrikes hit Sanandaj. More than 11 strikes reportedly flattened the Imam Ali base in Dushan, in the Kurdish Iranian border city
Iran says it targeted the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Axios, citing a US official: We support Kurdish militants to control a specific area inside Iran
Larijani: We will not tolerate any move by separatist groups, and our armed forces are in complete control of the situation.
Intense airstrikes on Sulaymaniyah, KRI, Iraq Source tells it's against the Kurdish groups
Office of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: No Iraqi Kurd has crossed the border, and what has been reported in this regard is completely false.
Tasnim News Agency quoted an Iranian security official as saying: Security on the border with Iraq is stable, and our forces are defending Iran's sovereignty and borders.
Rudaw: A source from Iranian Kurdish opposition group, Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan told Rudaw that they dismiss media reports that the group has launched a ground offensive into western Iran (Rojhelat)
The Syrian Ministry of Defense's Media and Communications Department told Al Jazeera: The military deployment is a defensive measure and is not directed against any country.
Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in Iran: US official tells Fox
4 day agoSenior PJAK official, denied reports on Kurdish offensive in Iran: "I think they are wrong when they say that we have already started the war now, but we are preparing for the right opportunity."
Iraqi PM orders dismissal of all intelligence officials in the Nineveh Plains operations command
The Israeli Air Force is carrying out intensive airstrikes on Basij force centers in the Kurdish city of Saqqez
4 day agoIsraeli airstrikes on the IRGC headquarters in Marivan
The US Embassy in Baghdad has issued a heightened security alert urging US citizens across Iraq to depart the country "as soon as they are safely able to do so,” warning of ongoing violent protests and armed conflict that pose significant risks
The entire Iraqi power grid is down: Iraq’s Electricity Ministry says a total blackout has hit the entire national power grid across all provinces. A ministry spokesman says authorities are investigating the cause of the outage
Air defenses intercepted attacks on Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Iraq: US airstrikes continue to target Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions in Iraq. Today, strikes targeted PMF sites in the following locations: the PMF site in Khursibat village, Rashidiya, Mosul; the 30th Brigade (Shabak PMF) site near the Mosul Dam; and the 14th Brigade (Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades) headquarters in Nineveh
4 day agoGovernor of Erbil, Iraq says Erbil has faced over 100 drones and missiles, and says that "if the Iraqi government does not take action, we will be forced to protect the land and people of Kurdistan ourselves"
An airstrike targeted a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in Nineveh province.
4 day agoIRGC reports a missile strike on Komala and anti-Iran group bases in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three missiles hit their targets at 11:00 AM, launched by IRGC missile units.
The IRGC directed a message to the Kurdish people that states: *If Any Peshmerga crosses into eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) from southern Kurdistan (KRG), it will be perceived as a declaration of war*
4 day agoStrike on Iranian government's military bases in the border city of Baneh
Reuters, citing security sources: A US military base and a hotel were targeted by drones in Erbil, Iraq, early this morning.
5 day agoFootage documents the downing of a drone in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
An explosive-laden drone crashed in Kasnazan subdistrict of Erbil, injuring a civilian
Drone attacks renewed around Erbil airport
A third drone targeted the US base in Harir, Erbil
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