Iran targets Kurdish groups in Iraq, begins wave of attacks on Israel
Al Jazeera
Iranian Kurdish armed groups have reportedly consulted with the US in recent days about whether to attack Iran.
Iranian forces have launched an operation targeting Kurdish groups in their semi-autonomous region of neighbouring Iraq, as they also began their 19th wave of missile and drone attacks against Israel and United States assets in the Middle East on the sixth day of a regional war that has embroiled much of the region in the conflict.
Iran’s Press TV reported early on Thursday that it was targeting “anti-Iran separatist forces”, without specifying the location of the strikes.
The new strikes on Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region come nearly one week into the US-Israel war against Iran, which has killed at least 1,045 people across the country since Saturday, according to Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency.
Video clips posted on X by Press TV showed explosions lighting up the night sky during the operation.
Earlier, multiple blasts were reported in the province of Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq. According to local media, at least four explosions were heard in the province, near the areas of Arabat, Zarkuiz and Surdash.
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