Drone attack: Iran targets Kurdish opposition bases in Iraq
Iran's Revolutionary Guards conducted drone strikes against Iranian Kurdish opposition bases in Iraq's Kurdistan region. The operation is part of a broader pattern of Iranian military actions against groups it accuses of being backed by Israel.
Why it matters
The strikes underscore the ongoing regional instability and the proxy conflicts involving Iran, Israel, and militant groups in the Middle East.
Iran’s armed forces have attacked bases of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group in Iraq’s Kurdistan region using drones, a Tehran-based media outlet reported on Sunday.“As part of a drone operation carried out by the Revolutionary Guards’ ground forces, the headquarters of the terrorist and separatist group Komala, located in the Balisan region, was targeted last night,” the Mehr news agency said.An initial assessment suggested that the operation caused significant damage and casualties to the group’s structure and operational capacity, Mehr claimed.The Revolutionary Guards have not immediately claimed responsibility for the strikes on the fighters, whom Iran accuses of being backed by Israel, its sworn enemy.
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