Drone strikes in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region today wound three Iranian Kurdish rebels, an exiled opposition group says, blaming the attack on Tehran.
“Tehran launched an attack with four drones on bases” belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), wounding three fighters, the exiled group says in a statement.
Its spokesperson Kalel Kani Sanani tells AFP that the fighters sustained minor injuries, adding that the attack occurred in the Khabat district of Erbil province.
Iranian Kurdish rebels have been struck several times during a fragile ceasefire that took effect on April 8 in the US-Israeli war against Iran, which US President Donald Trump extended indefinitely yesterday.
The PAK says in its statement that it falls on Trump “to protect the Kurdistan region” during the truce.
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