Iran-linked militias torch KDP office, after IRGC strike on Erbil - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

Apr 6, 2022

AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images — Iraqi demonstrators, supporters of the pro-Iranian Hashed al Shaabi, tear up a portrait of Masoud Barzani, former leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, as they burn and ransack the party's headquarters in the capital Baghdad on Oct. 17, 2020. — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

Members of the PKK are pictured during a peaceful protest against ongoing attacks against Yazidis in northern Iraq, on Aug. 16, 2014, in Hanover, Germany.

Iraqi army boots PKK-linked leader’s statue from Sinjar, arrests fighters

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

Kurdish peshmerga forces learn battlefield first aid techniques from a military doctor during a medical training session on Nov. 3, 2015, in Erbil, Iraq.

IRGC-linked factions step up activity against Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

This picture taken on Sept. 26, 2021 shows an electoral campaign billboard ahead of Iraq's early legislative elections, depicting current parliament speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi, along the side of a road in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's central Anbar Governorate.

Iraqi parliament speaker’s home targeted amid power plays

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

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Iraqi-KRG counterterrorism cooperation increases in response to attacks

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics