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Members of the US Army National Guard listen as US President Donald Trump speaks during a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable on March 23, 2026 in Memphis, Tennessee. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
March 29, 2026, 9:34 am
Pentagon said prepping weeks-long ground operation in Iran, short of full invasion
IRGC threatens American colleges in Middle East, hits aluminum plants in UAE, Bahrain, in response to US-Israeli strikes; Iran targets southern Israel in overnight missile attacks
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Member of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan PDKI stands at a checkpoint leading to their base in Koya district of Irbil, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 5, 2026, 12:42 pm
Iran says it hit Kurdish forces in Iraq, as some groups plan to join fight against Tehran
Kurdish dissident groups say the US has asked them to support its efforts against the regime; Iran warns it will not tolerate ‘separatist groups’ and claims it damaged headquarters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A militiaman of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish opposition group, stands behind his truck-mounted machine gun near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, September 5, 2016. (Balint Szlanko/AP)
March 4, 2026, 8:22 am
US in talks with Iranian Kurds on potential CIA-backed op for uprising – sources
Groups have asked for support; plan would be to take on Iran’s security forces in west of country, enabling citizen revolt against regime
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Newly graduated Iraqi army officers take part in a military parade during the Army Day celebrations at Military College in Baghdad on January 6, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 7:16 pm
Iraq announces full withdrawal of US-led coalition from non-Kurdish regions
Baghdad says former US military sites to ‘come under the full control of Iraqi security forces,’ some two years after the US reached a deal to pull forces from Iraq
By AFP
An airplane model at a roundabout near Erbil airport in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on April 15, 2021. (Safin Hamid / AFP)
July 4, 2025, 12:03 pm
Drone downed near Iraqi Kurdistan airport where US-led coalition troops are based
No damage or injuries caused at Erbil airport, only one flight delayed; explosive UAV also falls near Kirkuk airport
By AFP
This image taken from video provided by Rudaw TV shows authorities and others near the site where missiles hit in an area near the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq, January 15, 2024. (Rudaw TV via AP)
January 16, 2024, 4:11 pm
Iraq recalls envoy to Iran after IRGC claims to fire missiles at Mossad site in Erbil
Tehran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad summoned in protest after Revolutionary Guard fires projectiles at what it claimed was Israeli ‘spy headquarters,’ killing several civilians
By Agencies
This image taken from video provided by Rudaw TV shows smoke rising from a building hit by a strike in Erbil, Iraq, January 16, 2024. (Rudaw TV via AP)
January 16, 2024, 3:06 am
Iran’s IRGC claims to target Mossad spy center in missile attack on Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi officials report 4 civilians killed in strikes that the Revolutionary Guards describe as a response to Israel recently ‘martyring IRGC and resistance commanders’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: US Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with the Iraqi army, south of Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. (Khalid Mohammed/AP)
November 7, 2023, 4:19 pm
Iraqi Kurdistan says 2 drones targeting US-led anti-jihadist coalition shot down
Third UAV crashes into ground at base in Erbil airport; US Defense Department source says no injuries or damage caused; no group immediately claims attack
By AFP and ToI Staff
A screen grab from footage aired by Iraq's Alrabiaa TV that is said to show abducted Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov in a Baghdad cafe before her disappearance. (Screenshot from Twitter/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 7, 2023, 6:59 am
Israeli-Russian researcher missing in Iraq was repeatedly warned of dangers – report
Israeli TV says officials conveyed to Elizabeth Tsurkov fears for her safety before last visit; Iraqi TV airs ‘last known’ footage of Princeton academic before abduction
By ToI Staff
People burn an Iranian national flag during a demonstration denouncing the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini -- who died while in the custody of Iranian authorities -- by Iraqi and Iranian Kurds outside the UN offices in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, on September 24, 2022. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
December 5, 2022, 1:16 am
Iranians in Iraq put little stock in move to dissolve morality police
Kurds who fled country say protesters don’t only want freedom from headscarf, but also abolishment of regime in Tehran, though views elsewhere mixed
By AFP
In this image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military on September 29, 2022, missiles launch during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region. (Iranian military via AP)
November 21, 2022, 11:41 am
One dead after Iran strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq with missiles, drones
Revolutionary Guard targets ‘headquarters and conspiracy centers’ of dissident groups, which it says are being supported by the US and its allies; Kurds say attacks ‘unjustifiable’
By AFP
Smoke billows in the village of Zrgoiz, near Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, where the bases of several Iranian opposition groups are located, September 28, 2022. (AP PhotoAla Hoshyar, Metrography)
September 29, 2022, 4:37 pm
Iraq summons Iranian ambassador following deadly drone bombing campaign
Iranian drones targeted an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least nine people and wounding 32
By AP
A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Erbil, Iraq, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/ Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography)
September 28, 2022, 3:53 pm
7 killed, 28 wounded in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, health ministry says
Iranian military fires missiles and drones in cross-border attack after Kurdish Iranian woman was killed by morality police, sparking nationwide protests
By AFP
Screen capture from video of a car damaged in a drone attack in Erbil, Kurdish Iraq, June 8, 2022. (Twitter)
June 9, 2022, 12:38 am
Three reported hurt as drone strikes near UAE consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Explosion occurs on road near Erbil some 3 kilometers from where US is building new mission; no claim of responsibility
By AFP and ToI Staff
A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, March 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahmed Mzoori, Metrography, File)
March 31, 2022, 1:01 am
US targets Iran missile program with sanctions after strikes on regional rivals
Announcement comes a day after Blinken’s meeting with Abu Dhabi crown prince, two days after call with Saudi FM as US seeks to calm their frustrations over lack of support
By Agencies and Jacob Magid
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