Iran Escalates Drone Attacks on Kurdish Groups in Iraq

Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and regional officials report continuing missile and drone strikes on positions in Iraq's Kurdistan Region, including sites near Erbil, Koya, Doli Alana and Sulaymaniyah. The reported attacks have largely caused no casualties because some camps were evacuated, but they add to a sustained campaign against Kurdish groups amid wider U.S.-Iran tensions. Related drone attacks, retaliatory strikes and disputes over militia disarmament are increasing pressure on Iraq's government and raising the risk that Iraqi territory becomes a wider regional battleground.