Nine Peshmerga fighters of the Kurdish Komala party were killed in an Iranian strike on their base in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday, July 17, according to Deutsche Welle's Persian service. Komala said its bases have been attacked nearly 40 times since the start of the war between Iran and the US and Israel 39 days ago. The PAK party separately reported 86 attacks on its positions and alleged that a drone strike on July 19 used white phosphorus.
The Zioneer has previously reported on the ongoing Iranian campaign against Kurdish opposition groups in Iraqi Kurdistan. The latest reported incident, dated Friday, July 17, saw an Iranian strike kill nine Peshmerga fighters of the Komala party on their base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The report comes from Deutsche Welle's Persian service, citing Komala and the PAK (Kurdistan Freedom Party). Komala stated that its bases have been attacked nearly 40 times since the start of the war between Iran and the US and Israel 39 days ago. PAK separately reported 86 attacks on its positions and alleged that a drone strike on July 19 used white phosphorus.
The attack is part of a broader pattern of Iranian strikes on Kurdish opposition bases in Iraqi Kurdistan, which The Zioneer has documented since late June. Previous incidents include an IRGC ambush that killed five PDKI fighters near Piranshahr on July 2, and a report of 11 Kurdish fighters killed in drone strikes on July 21 (though that report postdates this event). The intensity of the strikes has increased since the Iran-US-Israel war began in June, with the PAK party claiming its positions were hit 86 times.
The July 17 Komala strike is currently reported only by a single source — Deutsche Welle's Persian service — and has not been independently verified. The PAK claim of white phosphorus use also remains unconfirmed. The Zioneer is monitoring for further reports and official statements.
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