Fears are gripping Iraq's region of Kurdistan that has seen an uptick in attacks amid Iran's escalating conflict with the United States and Israel. The air defences in the territory on Saturday shot

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to launch one.

At a military camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a commander tells NPR his armed opposition group is waiting for a chance to go into Iran.

Iraq is getting caught in the crossfire of the Iran war as the only country facing strikes from both sides, and that threatens to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years of regional turmoil into a full-blown crisis.

London: Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani vowed on Friday to prevent attacks after the killing of a French soldier in an attack in the autonomous Kurdistan region. Sudani expressed his "solidarity" with France in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Kurdistan's deputy prime minister tells NPR that Kurdish forces will not enter Iran or join the war, insisting "this is not our war" despite pressure from Washington and regional tensions.

France’s armed forces ministry on Friday said a drone strike killed a French soldier and wounded six others in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as

Iranian Kurdish armed groups have reportedly consulted with the US in recent days about whether to attack Iran.

Iraq's first lady, Shanaz Ibrahim Ahmed, has a message for the U.S.: Kurds are tired of being asked to rise up against authoritarian rulers–and then being abandoned. “Leave the Kurds alone. We are not guns for hire,

Despite risks, Kurds in Syria have the best chance in a generation to protect their national rights. Their success may hinge on the international community.