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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Iraqi Kurdistan

Yazidi men sit together during sunset in the Sharya displacement camp in the Duhok area of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann)
July 29, 2024, 12:54 pm
10 years on, many Yazidis uprooted by ISIS onslaught still struggle to find stability
Members of devastated community are trickling back home to Sinjar district after a decade of displacement, but despite their homeland’s deep significance, many see no future there
By ABBY SEWELL and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
A member of the Kurdistan Center for Arts and Culture (KCAC) scans the pages of an old book as part of an effort to digitize historic Kurdish volumes and manuscripts, in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on February 13, 2024. (Safin HAMID / AFP)
March 10, 2024, 9:32 am
‘Sacred job’: Iraqi Kurds digitize aging manuscripts to save vulnerable culture
Archival crew pursues rare documents that offer insight into nation’s history, carefully scans them for website set to launch in April
By AFP
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
Illustrative: Image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military on September 29, 2022, shows a missile launched during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region. (Iranian military via AP)
February 1, 2023, 11:20 am
Iran-backed group claims rocket attack on Turkish base in Kurdish Iraq
Kurd officials say eight missiles fired at Turkey’s Zilkan camp in Nineveh province; two scored hits but did not cause damage or injuries
By SALAR SALIM
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
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2022. (Iranian president's office)
November 29, 2022, 6:39 pm
Iranian president, Iraqi PM vow to jointly fight ‘terror’ after cross-border strikes
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says Baghdad won’t let anyone ‘use Iraqi territory to undermine and disrupt Iran’s security,’ as Tehran accuses Kurdish opposition groups of fueling unrest
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
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 15, 2022, 10:58 am
At least 1 killed, 8 wounded as Iranian missiles strike northern Iraq
Renewed attack by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq’s Sulimaniyah province
By SAMYA KULLAB
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
Illustrative: Iraqi Kurds commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Kurdistan Region's independence referendum in Erbil, on September 25, 2022. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
September 26, 2022, 12:50 pm
Amid protests, Iran’s Guard strikes Kurdish groups in Iraq with drones and artillery
Revolutionary Guard hits alleged bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, while protests rage over death of Iranian Kurdish woman held by so-called ‘morality police’
By AP
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on May 26, 2022, to celebrate the passing of a bill that criminalizes normalization of ties with Israel. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
May 26, 2022, 10:27 pm
Iraq passes law making contact with Israel punishable by death
Hundreds of supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate legislation by chanting anti-Israel slogans at Baghdad rally; unclear how law will be implemented
By AP
Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, right, with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian at the start of their meeting, in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
May 11, 2022, 12:32 pm
As EU nuclear envoy visits, Iran detains 2 Europeans for plotting ‘chaos’
Iranian intelligence ministry does not specify nationality of those held; European Union’s Enrique Mora arrives to discuss reviving 2015 deal under negotiation in Vienna
By Nasser Karimi
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (R) receives his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein (L) during a welcome ceremony in the capital Tehran, on April 13, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 14, 2022, 6:25 pm
Iran warns Iraq against any ‘disruptive presence’ after hitting alleged Israeli base
As Baghdad’s top diplomat visits Tehran, Iranian President Raisi accuses Iraqi Kurdish region of ‘negligence,’ says keeping close eye on Israel
By AFP
A general view shows a damaged mansion following an overnight attack in Erbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on March 13, 2022 (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
March 28, 2022, 7:01 pm
Iran bombed Iraq’s Kurdish region over natural gas plan involving Israel – report
Iraqi official says businessman’s villa pounded in missile attack earlier this month was site of meetings with Israeli officials on a pipeline to supply Turkey, Europe
By ToI Staff
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