A Kurdish city at the eastern edge of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan authorities have reported Iranian-launched drones struck the private office of KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the region's security agency chief on 17 August, with no casualties. The attacks come as Baghdad presses for a September 30 deadline to bring armed factions under state control and as cross-border strikes and US-Saudi operations have raised tensions across Iraq.
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has withdrawn from the Kurdish regional government, calling the KDP-led administration failed. The move follows a day of parliamentary session that elected a KDP ally as speaker. The rift reflects a long-standing KDP-PUK rivalry, raising questions about security coordination and governance in Iraqi Kurdistan.