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Intense airstrikes on Sulaymaniyah, KRI, Iraq Source tells it's against the Kurdish groups

Office of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: No Iraqi Kurd has crossed the border, and what has been reported in this regard is completely false.

Tasnim News Agency quoted an Iranian security official as saying: Security on the border with Iraq is stable, and our forces are defending Iran's sovereignty and borders.

Rudaw: A source from Iranian Kurdish opposition group, Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan told Rudaw that they dismiss media reports that the group has launched a ground offensive into western Iran (Rojhelat)

Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have launched a ground offensive in Iran: US official tells Fox

Senior PJAK official, denied reports on Kurdish offensive in Iran: "I think they are wrong when they say that we have already started the war now, but we are preparing for the right opportunity."

Iraqi PM orders dismissal of all intelligence officials in the Nineveh Plains operations command

Sources told Reuters that a local leader in the Iraqi Islamic Resistance was killed in an airstrike on a vehicle south of Baghdad.

An airstrike killed Abu Hassan al-Fariji, a prominent leader in the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, along with three of his companions, in Babil province south of Baghdad.

The US Embassy in Baghdad has issued a heightened security alert urging US citizens across Iraq to depart the country "as soon as they are safely able to do so,” warning of ongoing violent protests and armed conflict that pose significant risks

The entire Iraqi power grid is down: Iraq’s Electricity Ministry says a total blackout has hit the entire national power grid across all provinces. A ministry spokesman says authorities are investigating the cause of the outage

Air defenses intercepted attacks on Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

According to several Iraqi sources who've gone on the record, a foreign force carried out an airborne landing in the desert of Najaf & clashed with Iraqi security forces, killing one. Possibly linked to a cryptic line in today's written statement of the Commander of the Israeli Air Force: "These days, the fighters of the special units of the IAF are carrying out special missions, which could ignite the imagination." nThe IAF has several special forces units: Shaldag, Unit 669 (special rescue), a special forces intelligence unit, and Unit 5700 (forward air field tactical unit)

Power outages across Iraq

Iraq: US airstrikes continue to target Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions in Iraq. Today, strikes targeted PMF sites in the following locations: the PMF site in Khursibat village, Rashidiya, Mosul; the 30th Brigade (Shabak PMF) site near the Mosul Dam; and the 14th Brigade (Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigades) headquarters in Nineveh

Governor of Erbil, Iraq says Erbil has faced over 100 drones and missiles, and says that "if the Iraqi government does not take action, we will be forced to protect the land and people of Kurdistan ourselves"

An airstrike targeted a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in Nineveh province.

IRGC reports a missile strike on Komala and anti-Iran group bases in Iraqi Kurdistan. Three missiles hit their targets at 11:00 AM, launched by IRGC missile units.

Airstrikes on IRGC-backed Hashed / PMU positions in Mosul, Iraq

The IRGC directed a message to the Kurdish people that states: *If Any Peshmerga crosses into eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) from southern Kurdistan (KRG), it will be perceived as a declaration of war*

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) evacuates their main headquarters near Iraq’s al-Qa'im border with Syria after several airstrikes killed two people

Reuters: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claims responsibility for a drone attack on a vital target in Jordan early this morning.

Reuters, citing security sources: A US military base and a hotel were targeted by drones in Erbil, Iraq, early this morning.

Footage shows a major explosion at a local PMF headquarters in al-Qaim, a town in Iraq near the Syrian border. Verified by Al Jazeera

Footage documents the downing of a drone in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

Airstrikes target Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in Diyala, northern Iraq

An explosive-laden drone crashed in Kasnazan subdistrict of Erbil, injuring a civilian

Drone attacks renewed around Erbil airport

A third drone targeted the US base in Harir, Erbil

Two drones attack the US base in Harir, Erbil

Iraq's Coordination Framework has decided to withdraw Nouri al-Maliki's nomination for prime minister following a leadership meeting. - Shafaq News

Weapons have been smuggled into Western Iran since last year to arm thousands of Kurdish volunteers. They are expected to begin a ground operation within days, ITV News understands

Earlier today Iran struck a camp of the Iranian-Kurdish KDPI, just outside the city of Koya in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Security Media Cell: A drone was shot down in the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport without any casualties.

Major Iranian drone strike in the KRG capital Erbil (Hewlêr) tonight. Target is set to have been the office of the Iranian-Kurdish PAK party

An Iraqi security official: An airstrike targeted a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in a town south of Baghdad, with no casualties reported.

Video: Footage appears to show a smoke plume rising from Jurf al-Sakhar south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a reported new U.S. airstrike targeting Iraqi Shiite militants

Air defenses intercept a second drone near the US consulate in Erbil

An explosion was heard in Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Turkey’s Fidan calls Iraqi KRG President Barzani after reports emerged that Trump may seek a Kurdish alliance to topple the regime in Iran

The abandoned observatory on Mount Korek, Kurdistan, was attacked twice today

The German Embassy in Baghdad announces the temporary closure of its consular and visa section. The visa section remains closed, pick-up of documents and passports is not possible, and appointments will be rescheduled

Iraqi Prime Minister: We are committed to protecting Iraq's sovereignty, airspace, and territorial waters, and preventing their use in ongoing regional conflicts.

The Iraqi Prime Minister: The government will stand firmly against any party that tries to drag Iraq into conflicts.

Iraqi security forces thwarted an attempt in Baghdad to fire five ballistic missiles at "vital targets," perpetrator unknown at this time

A drone was shot down near Mosul Dam, the largest Dam in Iraq - Iraqi News Agency

The U.S. has ordered non-emergency personnel and their families to leave Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq

Video shows an Iranian one-way attack drone being successfully intercepted tonight by a U.S. Army C-RAM at Erbil International Airport in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq

Iraqi factions claim responsibility for a drone attack on a hotel housing US troops in Erbil