Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella group of Iran-aligned armed factions, on Wednesday gave Baghdad a nine-day ultimatum to take "action," while vowing a response to the US-Saudi strike on Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) bases that resulted in dozens of casualties.

Nytimes.com | By Leily Nikounazar and Sanjana Varghese

Human rights activists say the Iranian government has been rapidly escalating executions. The latest prompted public protest, videos appear to show.

Kurdistan24.net

US Central Command says the service member died July 18 while conducting a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian one-way attack drone.

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Regional government condemned the “unjustified attacks” by Tehran on Friday calling on Baghdad and the international community to take actionable steps to bring about an end to escalations amid a surge of attacks on the Region. 

Rudaw.net

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The federal government sent only 42 percent of the Kurdistan Region's total budget allocation – around $38 billion – between 2019 and 2025, the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) finance ministry said on Thursday, adding that some of the disbursements were classified as loans.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Up to 20 percent of Iraq’s public funds have been lost to corruption, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official in Iraq told Rudaw on Monday, as the Baghdad government intensified a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown that has led to the arrest of tens of suspects, including senior officials and political figures, since Sunday.

Telegraph.co.uk | David Harris

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Nytimes.com | By Farnaz Fassihi

An imploding economy is causing hopelessness among both pro- and anti-government Iranians. And for those who wished for regime change, the letdown is palpable.