Iraqi Kurdistan, and Iraq in general, have become another theater of the United States’ and Israel’s war against the regime in Iran. Iranians, including their Iraqi proxies, have been targeting US bases and other material assets in the area with drones and rockets, while the US has been conducting strikes against Iran’s Iraqi proxies.
Efforts Category: Iran’s Military Force against the US in Iraqi Kurdistan and Iraq (2026); US’s Military Force against Iran in Iraq (2026)
Wall Street Journal reported on 5 March 2026 that “Israel and the U.S. have been covertly supporting some Iranian Kurds inside Iran, seeing them as a useful auxiliary force to wear down and destabilize the regime,” and that “Israel has been supplying Kurdish groups with weapons for months.”
Efforts Category: US’s Covert Subversion against Iran’s regime in Iranian Kurdistan; Israel’s Covert Subversion against Iran’s regime in Iranian Kurdistan
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