Suspected Iranian strike kills nine Kurdish opposition members in Iraq

DPAFri, July 17, 2026 at 12:05 PM UTC1 min readAdd Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.

Nine members of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group were killed on Friday in a suspected Iranian missile strike on the group's headquarters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Kurdish sources said.

A member of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala told dpa that the headquarters, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, was hit by six ballistic missiles.

The missiles struck the compound, killing nine members of the dissident group and igniting several fires, the source said, adding that the death toll could rise as rescue operations continued.

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There was no immediate comment from Iranian authorities.

Separately, the Counter-Terrorism Service in Iraq's Kurdistan Region said air defences intercepted and shot down eight drones over the regional capital of Erbil on Friday.

The service said no injuries or damage were reported.