9 March 2026
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
Senior 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
Israeli 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
Governor 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.
IRGC 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*
Strike 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.
Footage 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
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal moments ago after briefing on Iran from Trump officials: "I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground”
CNN: The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, per multiple sources. Iranian Kurdish opposition forces are expected to take part in a ground operation in Western Iran, in the coming days, the senior Iranian Kurdish official told CNN.
Two drones attack the US base in Harir, Erbil
Weapons have been smuggled into Western Iran since last year to arm thousands of Kurdish volunteers. They are expected to begin a ground operation within days, ITV News understands
Earlier today Iran struck a camp of the Iranian-Kurdish KDPI, just outside the city of Koya in Iraqi Kurdistan
5 day ago
Gendarmerie intervenes in solar power plant protest in Diyarbakır: 15 detained, 4 injured.
Major Iranian drone strike in the KRG capital Erbil (Hewlêr) tonight. Target is set to have been the office of the Iranian-Kurdish PAK party
Air defenses intercept a second drone near the US consulate in Erbil
An explosion was heard in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
5 day ago
Turkey’s Fidan calls Iraqi KRG President Barzani after reports emerged that Trump may seek a Kurdish alliance to topple the regime in Iran
The abandoned observatory on Mount Korek, Kurdistan, was attacked twice today
Trump is open to backing armed anti-regime groups inside Iran, including Kurdish factions. No final decision yet on weapons or intelligence support. Source: WSJ
The police station in Marivan, Iran, was completely destroyed in an airstrike.
U.S./Israeli airstrikes targeted an Iranian border guard site, an intelligence base and another IRGC site in Urmia, northwest Iran
Syria: step by step, the agreement between Damascus and SDF is being implemented. Today, the Hasakah Post Office was handed over to the Government
Rudaw reports that STG forces prevented a group of youth from raising the Kurdish flag in Afrin. In a separate incident, shopkeepers were told not to sell the flag
Video shows an Iranian one-way attack drone being successfully intercepted tonight by a U.S. Army C-RAM at Erbil International Airport in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
Iraqi factions claim responsibility for a drone attack on a hotel housing US troops in Erbil
Axios: President Trump spoke by phone with Kurdish leaders in Iraq on Sunday to discuss the U.S.-Israel war with Iran and what might come next, three sources with knowledge of the call told