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Iranian strikes kill eight Kurdish rebels in Iraq, opposition group says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStrikes in Iraq’s Kurdistan region killed eight members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group, the exiled party says, blaming the attack on Iran.
Idriss Kohlwazi from the Komala party tells AFP that “the Iranian regime attacked with drones and rockets a camp” belonging to the party near the city of Sulaimaniyah in the early morning, resulting in the “martyrdom of eight of our members and wounding others.”
Earlier today, Kurdish forces said they downed eight drones over Erbil, with no damage or casualties reported.
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