IRAN ATTACKS IRAQI KURDISTAN

IRAN ATTACKS IRAQI KURDISTAN

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired dozens of ballistic missiles, artillery shells, and launched several kamikaze drones into Iraqi Kurdistan last week, targeting five different sites associated with Iranian Kurdish parties. At least 14 people were killed in the strikes, including a pregnant mother and an American citizen. Over 50 people were injured.

TURKEY THREATENS GREECE WITH WAR

TURKEY THREATENS GREECE WITH WAR

The Greek coast guard announced that one of its vessels had fired “warning shots” towards a “suspicious” Turkish-flagged cargo vessel in international waters of the Aegean Sea on Saturday, as tensions continue to ratchet up between Turkey and Greece over ongoing maritime disputes.

MILITIAS BATTLE FOR IRAQ

MILITIAS BATTLE FOR IRAQ

Rival Shiite militias clashed in Iraq last week, as a power struggle between infamous cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his political opponents spilled over from parliament into the streets of the heart of Baghdad’s “Green Zone” on Monday night. At least 30 people were killed in the capital, as the troubled nation edged closer to all-out civil war for the first time in over a decade.

US, IRANIAN MILITIAS TRADE BLOWS IN SYRIA

US, IRANIAN MILITIAS TRADE BLOWS IN SYRIA

US warplanes pummeled a facility in Syria used by Iranian-sponsored militias last Wednesday, after two suicide drones targeted American and Syrian rebel forces at the Al-Tanf base in southern Syria on August 15. Iranian-linked militias responded with rocket fire which wounded 3 US service members.