Iran, Iraqi resistance hit US military hubs, Israeli-backed separatists in Erbil

Iranian armed forces say they carried out new retaliatory missile attacks on positions of US “terrorist” forces and Israeli-backed separatist groups in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

“A few hours ago, the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, as part of its ongoing operational measures, targeted the gathering point of American forces and separatist groups supported by the Zionist regime at Erbil Airport using surface-to-surface missiles,” the army’s Public Relations Office said.

The statement said the targeted area was “one of the key support and command centers” for American operations, housing a wide range of military equipment and systems.

It added that the site also served as the headquarters of separatist groups, which it said “create insecurity along Iran’s western and northwestern borders.”

Iranian authorities said such groups have, for years, carried out attacks on Iranian security forces in Kurdish-majority areas along the country’s western and northwestern regions.

Following the start of US-Israeli aggression in late February, five Kurdish separatist groups, including the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI), announced the formation of a political coalition aimed at challenging Iran’s government and seeking secession of Kurdish areas.

Iraq vows retaliation after deadly US strikes on Popular Mobilization Units

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In the early hours of Wednesday, the Iraqi group Saraya Awliya al-Dam said it had also targeted positions of anti-Iran separatist groups and Israeli intelligence officers in northern Iraq.

“Following a precise operation and relying on the intelligence efforts of the mujahid and courageous forces of Saraya Awliya al-Dam, we announce that in the attacks carried out on March 24, 2026, against positions in northern Iraq, where Iranian opposition groups were stationed, a number of Israeli Mossad officers were also present,” the group said in a statement.

It said several of the officers were severely injured.

A day earlier, the group said it had carried out 136 military operations against US targets in Iraq and the region over the past three weeks.

The developments followed airstrikes carried out by US aircraft and drones against the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), which the group described as anti-terror resistance forces.

The strikes early Tuesday killed at least 15 fighters, including Saad Daway, identified as a commander of operations in Iraq’s western Anbar province.

Another strike later targeted a PMU headquarters in Nineveh province in northwestern Iraq, which also served as the residence of its leader, Falih al-Fayyadh.

The attacks on the PMU have escalated since late last month, when, according to the statements, the United States and Israel began a new round of terrorist attacks against Iran.

Senior Iraqi figures were cited as expressing outrage over the escalation and the attacks targeting Iran.

Various PMU factions said they would continue resistance, while also expressing solidarity with Iran in the face of what they described as American-Israeli attacks.

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