According to a report by Hananel Aviv on Telegram, citing Iranian channels, special forces from Iran's 65th Division crossed into northern Iraq and conducted approximately 11 ground operations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah against the armed Kurdish opposition. The operations reportedly destroyed three headquarters and killed eight senior mid-level commanders. The details are unverified by independent sources.
This report from Hananel Aviv's the source, citing Iranian sources, describes a significant ground operation by Iranian special forces from the 65th Division inside northern Iraq. According to the report, the forces conducted 11 ground operations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah against the armed Kurdish opposition, destroying three headquarters and killing eight senior mid-level commanders. The report claims the operations were carried out with intelligence cooperation from Iran-friendly factions in Iraq.
The report follows a similar one published by The Zioneer's Arabic Desk at 21:34 Jerusalem earlier tonight, which relayed the same details from an Arabic-language source. The current report adds the specific locations of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.
Iran has previously conducted airstrikes and drone attacks against Kurdish opposition groups in northern Iraq, as The Zioneer has reported on multiple occasions over the past month. The targeting of Kurdish opposition groups is part of Iran's campaign against what it describes as separatist elements operating from Iraqi Kurdistan. The details of this report remain unverified by independent sources.
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