Moves kill 8 Iranian Kurdish rebels in Iraq: opposition staff
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, July 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) – Moves in Iraq’s Kurdistan area killed 8 contributors of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition staff on Friday, the exiled celebration mentioned, blaming the assault on Iran.
Idriss Kohlwazi from the Komala celebration informed AFP that “the Iranian regime attacked with drones and rockets a camp” belonging to the celebration and its neighborhood close to town of Sulaimaniyah within the early morning.
The assault resulted within the “martyrdom of eight of our members and wounding others,” he added.
The escalation in Iraq comes in opposition to the backdrop of renewed army escalation between the US and Iran, Iraq’s major allies.
All through the Center East warfare, the Kurdistan area, which hosts US troops and overseas oil firms in addition to exiled Iranian Kurdish rebels, has been a number one goal for assaults performed through Iran and pro-Iran Iraqi armed teams.
Even after a ceasefire used to be introduced in April, Iran persevered to strike Kurdish opposition teams, which Tehran accuses of serving Western or Israeli pursuits.
However Friday’s assault marked the largest escalation after the ceasefire with those teams having most commonly evacuated their bases and camps because the warfare.
In Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, the US-led anti-jihadist coalition shot down a number of drones on Friday in the second one such incident within the town this week.
Erbil is house to a big US consulate advanced and its airport properties army advisers connected to the US-led coalition.
Kurdish counterterrorism forces mentioned that “coalition forces downed eight explosive-laden drones over Erbil between 04:19 and 05:25 am (0119 and 0225 GMT)” on Friday, and not using a injury or casualties reported.
On Wednesday night time, the coalition additionally shot down 8 drones over Erbil, with AFP reporters reporting that the drones had been hit through air defences close to the United States consulate, which used to be a number one goal of assaults all the way through the regional warfare.
No staff has claimed accountability for any assaults in Erbil.
All through the Center East warfare, pro-Iran armed teams, working underneath the umbrella of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, focused US amenities in Iraq greater than 600 instances in strengthen of Tehran.
