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Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq as conflict widens


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 06:18 AFP — Fresh blasts were reported in Iran's capital on Thursday as Tehran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned "separatist groups" against action in the widening war.

Iran hits Kurdish groups in Iraq as conflict widens


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 06:05 AFP — Fresh blasts were reported in Iran's capital on Thursday as Tehran said it had targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned "separatist groups" against action in the widening war.

Iran says targeted Kurdish groups' headquarters in Iraqi Kurdistan: IRNA


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 04:29 AFP — Iran said Thursday it had targeted headquarters of Kurdish forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, according to Iranian state media, following strikes on Kurdish regions in both Iran and Iraq.

Iran says targeted headquarters of Kurdish groups in Iraqi Kurdistan: IRNA news agency


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Israel, Iran launch fresh attacks as war spreads


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 01:49 AFP — Israel pounded Lebanon early Thursday and said it intercepted missiles from Iran as a widening war launched by the United States and Israel also brought fresh turmoil to Iraq.

Iran's ethnic fault lines offer path for US, Israel


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 00:26 AFP — Seeking to bring down Iran's Islamic republic, the United States and Israel could see a path by exploiting ethnic tensions, a strategy attractive to military planners but fraught with long-term risks.

US sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka as war spreads


Thursday, 5 March, 2026 , 00:04 AFP — A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the war launched by the United States and Israel spread to another region.

Trump rates Iran war as '15 out of 10'


Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 21:21 AFP — President Donald Trump on Wednesday rated the US performance in the war with Iran as a 15 on a scale of 10, saying the Islamic republic's leaders were rapidly being killed, and vowing to push on.

Strike kills two pro-Iran fighters in southern Iraq: faction sources


Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 21:15 AFP — Two fighters from the powerful Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah group were killed on Wednesday in a strike near their base in Iraq, as the war in the Middle East raged across multiple fronts.

US says submarine sank Iranian warship off Sri Lanka


Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 , 19:18 AFP — A US submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, as the effects of the war in the Middle East spread to yet another country.