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Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 29, 2026, 3:01 pm
US-Israeli plan for Kurdish invasion of Iran reportedly collapsed amid leaks, distrust
Mossad hoped ground campaign could ignite wider rebellion, but after plan was leaked, Iran bolstered defenses and regional US allies lobbied Trump to call it off, report says
By ToI Staff
Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces take part in a funeral of one of the people killed in a strike attributed to the US, in Baghdad on March 24, 2026. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
March 24, 2026, 2:38 pm
Airstrikes kill 15 Iran-backed troops in Iraq, targeting HQ and leader
Popular Mobilization Forces head Falih al-Fayadh was not present when his residence was hit; command headquarters in Anbar was targeted while personnel were on duty there
By Agencies
Customers buy vegetables and fruits at a local market in Kawa Camp, which houses Iranian Kurdish refugees who fled Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, in the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
March 21, 2026, 10:36 am
Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls
Most were displaced after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and now eke out a living on the margins of Iraqi Kurdish society, but are wary of promises from foreign powers
By SAMYA KULLAB
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 15, 2026, 4:50 pm
Small, divided and wary, Kurdish rebels won’t be the ones bringing down Iran’s regime
Trump floated the idea of Kurdish militias going on the offensive to help defeat the Islamic Republic, but the reality on the ground limits the role they can likely play in Tehran’s collapse
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One during a flight from Dover, Delaware, to Miami, Florida, on March 7, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
March 8, 2026, 5:45 am
After initially voicing support, Trump says he doesn’t want Kurds to enter Iran war
US president previously stated Kurdish invasion from Iraq would be ‘wonderful,’ but now says conflict ‘complicated enough as it is’; believes Iran behind deadly strike on school in south Iran
By Jacob Magid, Reuters and ToI Staff
Members of the Kurdistan Freedom Party PAK stand guard in Erbil, Iraq, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)
March 6, 2026, 11:41 pm
Israel said bombing parts of western Iran to enable potential Kurdish offensive
Sources tell Reuters of ‘long-term’ contacts, with Kurdish militants poised to assault border territories and fight IRGC; senior PDKI official says group ready to join fight
By Reuters, ToI Staff and AFP
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
Members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces drive along the border with Syria in the Tarfawi area of northwestern Iraq on January 22, 2026. (Zaid AL-OBEIDI / AFP)
January 22, 2026, 11:50 pm
Iraq says it will start legal proceedings against ISIS detainees moved from Syria
Thousands of detainees from jihadist group are being transferred in US operation, in wake of fighting in Syria between government forces and Kurds
By AFP
Attendees at the "Future of Minorities in the Middle East" conference in Tel Aviv hold the Kurdish, Israeli and Druze flags as they speak, on October 27, 2025. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 28, 2025, 8:39 pm
Seeing Israel as a beacon, regional minorities gather in Tel Aviv to discuss future
Representatives of the Druze, Kurdish, Alawite communities attend conference aimed at forging ties between Israel and historically persecuted Middle Eastern groups
By ToI Staff
A member of the Kurdish Internal Security Force known as Asayesh stands guard during a protest against the Turkish military offensive in northeastern Syria, in the town of Qamishli on October 23, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
December 31, 2024, 10:53 pm
As Iran’s network of proxies withers, Israel has an opening to revive its own
Tehran dominated much of the region through loyal armed groups; burned by Lebanon trauma, Israel moved away from that approach, but now leaders talk of alliances with minorities
By Lazar Berman
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter affiliated with the Iranian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-Iran) stands guard on a building following an Iranian cross-border attack in the town of Koye (Koysinjaq), 100Km east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq on October 1, 2022. (Safin Hamid/AFP)
October 30, 2024, 8:59 pm
Iran claims to have killed member of separatist group with ties to Israel
State media outlets reports two other people arrested after infiltrating from Iraqi Kurdistan with plan to cause ‘riots, terror and insecurity’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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
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
In this image taken from video footage provided by Iranian military, September 29, 2022, a missile is launched during an attack targeting the Iraqi Kurdish region. (Iranian military via AP)
October 6, 2022, 9:45 am
Iranian Kurds exiled in Iraq scapegoated by Tehran amid protests over Amini’s death
Iran needs someone to blame for stoking nationwide protests, and Iranian Kurds are the ‘weakest link that could be targeted without provoking consequences,’ analyst says
By Shwan Mohammed and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
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
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