Erbil strikes: Is Mossad illegally operating in Iraqi Kurdistan?

The Tehran-Tel Aviv war is out in the open. Israel's Mossad is actively pursuing an infiltration of Iran's strategic depth and edging up to its borders. But now Iran will retaliate to oust the Israelis from places they don't belong.

Iranian missiles strike secret Mossad bases in Iraq’s Erbil

Iraqi military officials confirmed the attack was launched from outside Iraq

Iranian separatist groups in Iraqi Kurdistan pummeled by IRGC airstrikes

Iran has called on Baghdad and the semi-autonomous leadership of the Kurdistan region to expel armed separatist groups fueling violence in the streets of Iran

IRGC airstrikes target Kurdish-Iranian separatist groups in Iraqi Kurdistan

Earlier this year, local officials confirmed to The Cradle that Erbil is a 'hub' of western spy agencies like the CIA and Mossad

Baghdad summons Iranian ambassador over IRGC strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan region

The spokesman of the ministry, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, remarked in a statement that Baghdad will take the necessary diplomatic measures to prevent these attacks

At least three civilians killed during latest IRGC strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan

The IRGC said it used "Fateh-360 missiles and suicide drones” in its operations against the Kurdish militants

Bomb-laden drone explodes near US consulate in Iraq’s Erbil

Unconfirmed reports say that a member of an Israeli assassination team was killed in the blast

Iranian delegation meets Kurdish officials in Erbil

This marks the first diplomatic meeting between Iran and the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government following an IRGC strike on a Mossad compound in Erbil

Were Iran’s Kurdistan strikes aimed at Turkish-Israeli entente?

The missile strikes in Erbil reveal a more assertive Iran in responding to Israel’s provocations. However, could they also be aimed at hampering Turkey and Israel’s recently restored relations?

Israeli missiles hit Syria in eighth airstrike this year

Syria and Israel are technically at war due to the Israeli occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights

Kurdish official reveals Erbil is ‘a hub’ for the Mossad

Over recent years, Erbil has been the target of more than two dozen attacks against alleged Israeli targets by Iran or groups allied with Iran

White House official confirms IRGC strike on northern Iraq targeted Israeli site

However, a US official later negated the claim saying the heavily reinforced structure was 'a civilian residence'

EXCLUSIVE: IRGC strike on Mossad base in Iraq targets 10 Israeli operatives, issues regional warning

Sources say the missile attack serves as a message to regional states that Iran will not tolerate foreign military operations on its borders

Forced out of Luhaiban village, ISIS strikes Qara Salem village with casualties

Battles between ISIS and Iraqi counter-terrorist forces alongside villagers are gaining intensity in Iraq's Makhmour province

US to reduce combat troops in Erbil and Anbar by end of month

The move comes just a few months before all US combat troops are expected to leave Iraq

Reports: Unidentified drone attacks ‘Mossad headquarters’ near Erbil International Airport in Iraq

Reports indicate a Mossad base was the real target of the attack just two months after a similar drone strike left three Mossad agents dead

Iranian intelligence arrests Mossad agents in Sistan and Baluchestan province

The province of Sistan and Baluchestan has various underground hostile militant groups whose ideology is similar to that of ISIS and Al-Qaeda

Israel declares state of emergency after largest cyber attack in history

The cyber attack comes a day after Iran launched a retaliatory strike against a Mossad base in Erbil, Iraq

Kurdish separatist groups involved in attack on Iranian military facility: Report

The Mossad has been blamed for the attack on Isfahan by sources who spoke with The Wall Street Journal

Unidentified drone bypasses US security at Ain al-Assad base

According to an anonymous source, this was the first time that the base’s security was compromised in such a way

A US tool against Iran: Kurdish militancy on the Iran-Iraq border

US and Israeli-backed armed Kurdish separatists on the Iraqi border have participated in every incident of Iranian domestic strife, from 2009 to 2022.

US army steals new shipment of Syrian oil as Damascus works to protect wheat resources

Damascus says Washington and its Kurdish proxy militias are responsible for plundering 80 percent of Syria's daily oil output, and are also working to damage the nation's vast wheat fields

Iraqis sue Trump, US officials over assassination of Soleimani, Muhandis

General Soleimani and the PMUs deputy head were assassinated in a drone strike near Baghdad's international airport

Revisiting the fall of Mosul: Who was to blame?

Mosul's surrender to ISIS has commonly been attributed to corruption and sectarianism by Baghdad, yet further investigation reveals the role of neighboring Turkey in the city’s fall.

IRGC calls on Iraqi government, IKR to fulfill commitments on border security

The IRGC launched missile and drone strikes against several targets in Erbil province in the IKR earlier today

Over 1,000 US-backed ‘terrorist bases’ spread across Iraqi Kurdistan: Tehran

The Iraqi Kurdistan region has been targeted by dozens of IRGC airstrikes since the start of violent protests in the streets of Iran

Iran and Iraq discuss border security, activities in Kurdistan region

Despite condemning Iran's attack on Erbil, Iraq vowed to counter the Kurdish groups operating against Tehran

Iraqi parliament consults about Iranian bombing of Kurdish regions

Iraq's parliament called on Iran to respect Iraq's sovereignty and halt all attacks on its territory

Turkey confirms eliminating 30 PKK members in Syria, Iraq

Turkey launched its strikes in the Asos region of Iraq, killing 23 members of the PKK, and another seven people during a separate operation in Syria

Tehran vows revenge for any US action against Iranian drones

'We will deal with it at a proper time and place,' vowed Iran's top military commander in response to US forces shooting down an Iranian drone