Sulaymaniyah
Coverage of Sulaymaniyah in the Nexus archive.
- Iran attacks Kurdistan Freedom Party's bases, state broadcaster says
Iran has launched heavy attacks on Kurdistan Freedom Party bases in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, according to Iranian state broadcaster IRIB. Earlier, Kurdish-language broadcaster Aryen TV reported that Iran closed the Marivan and Hawraman border crossings with Iraq and advised residents to avoid frontier areas in Kurdistan province.
- Iran warns ‘people should stay away from US bases’ as Tehran escalates attacks
Iran has launched missile strikes targeting Sulaymaniyah (Iraq) and Bahrain in response to US acts of aggression and threats from terrorist groups, according to Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. The warning urged people to stay away from US bases as tensions escalate.
- US strikes bridges and collapses a tower at a key port as its Iran campaign expands
The United States expanded airstrikes in Iran, targeting bridges and a port tower to pressure Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. A suspected Iranian attack on a Kurdish dissident group in northern Iraq killed nine people, while the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes, escalating regional tensions.
- IRGC reports operation against armed groups in northern Iraq
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported a strike on the headquarters of 'terrorist groups' in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq's Kurdistan Region. The operation is part of Iran's campaign against armed separatist groups near its borders, with Iranian media alleging foreign support for anti-Iranian militias.