13 June 2026
An attack by two drones carrying explosives targeted a warehouse in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.
'I'LL REMEMBER THAT KURDS': President Trump blasts Kurdish groups, alleging they intercepted and kept U.S. weapons intended to arm anti-government protesters inside Iran. “We actually sent them weapons and we were very disappointed by the Kurds, to be honest with you. The Kurds let us down. I think they kept them for themselves. I think it's a disgrace. But I'll remember that, Kurds, I'll remember that.” “But they have some guns. Look, even if they had some, they're petrified because this is different. This isn't like in this country.”
Netanyahu: “The anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds is the last one who can preach morality” The Israeli PM responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's threats in a post on X
The air defenses of the "International Coalition" shot down a drone in Erbil province, northern Iraq.
US air defenses attempt to intercept a drone attack in Erbil, northern Iraq.
Strikes target one of the headquarters of the Iranian opposition Freedom Party in Erbil province, northern Iraq.
Plumes of smoke rose after a massive explosion in Sulaymaniyah province, northern Iraq.
Security sources told Reuters that three drone attacks targeted a camp belonging to the Iranian Kurdish opposition northeast of Erbil in Iraq.
Explosions heard in Erbil. Raid on Kurdish opposition groups
Protests and road blockages in rural al-Hawl demanding improved services and living conditions
The American air defense intercepted a drone over one of the strongholds of the opposition Freedom Party in the city of Soran in Erbil Governorate, northern Iraq.
Israeli intelligence sources accuse VP JD Vance of leaking a Mossad plan to use Kurdish forces against Iran directly to Erdogan, who then lobbied Trump to kill it. Erdogan's red line: no Kurdish military force near Turkey's borders. Trump then vetoed the operation. Source: JPost
Erbil – Two soldiers, one American and one British, were killed in an accident during training at a military airbase.
Trump: I am pleased to announce that United States Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack, who has done an outstanding job, will be named Special Presidential Envoy to Syria and Iraq, as we advance our strategic cooperation with both Governments. Tom will remain Ambassador to Türkiye, with the full backing of the State Department
Amjad al-Lafi was injured yesterday in a shooting by unknown assailants in the town of al-Hawaij, east of Deir ez-Zor.
SDF commander Mazloum Abdi met with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil
An explosion was heard as a result of an attack targeting the Darashkaran camp of Iranian Kurdish parties in Erbil.
Top Syrian Kurdish official slams parliamentary vote in northeast as 'undemocratic' Foza Yusuf, senior figure in Syria’s Kurdish-led AANES, said to @amberinzaman the May 24 parliamentary vote was structured to disadvantage Kurdish parties
Mass protests in Al-Raqqah, Kobani and Al-Hasakah Farmers demand fair wheat pricing
Farmers continued their sit-in protest at Al-Naeem roundabout in Raqqa for the second day in a row, rejecting the wheat pricing, which they considered unfair and disproportionate to the costs and significant losses they incurred during the agricultural season.
Reuters, citing security sources: A drone targeted a headquarters of the Iranian opposition north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.
Reuters, citing security sources: A drone strike targeted an Iranian opposition camp north of Erbil in Iraq.
US President Donald Trump says he is “very disappointed in the Kurds” as he accuses Kurdish groups of failing to provide weapons to Iranian protesters
A protest demanding the release of prisoners from the SDF in the city of Qamishli
Trump confirms weapons were sent to Kurdish fighters in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah and says, "We'll see who has them," adding: "I'm not happy with what happened with the Kurds. They did not deliver the weapons
Drone attack wounds three at PAK camp near Erbil
Syria says it has taken control of all former U.S. military bases on its territory
The US forces have once again withdrawn from the Qasrak base in northern Syria, handing it over to the 60th Division of the Syrian Army. US forces have withdrawn from this base earlier and later redeployed there when hostilities escalated with Iran
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President Erdoğan: The enemies of Kurds and Turks are one and the same. The forces who do not want Turkey to escape its 40-year terrorism scourge no longer even feel the need to hide their discomfort with the process. Without even looking at the blood of the 73,000 Gazans clinging to their hands, they shamelessly slander our country through our Kurdish brothers. We will not fall into this trap
Netanyahu says Israel would continue to fight Iran and its proxies, and accuses Turkish President Erdogan of accommodating them and of having massacred Kurdish citizens