Security

Smoke rising from the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Iraq

Explosion Near US Embassy in Baghdad Prompts Green Zone Lockdown

United state flag (L), and Iranian flag (R). (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

Iran

Iran Warns US Any Attack on Its Energy Infrastructure Will Trigger Strikes on American-Linked Oil Facilities

US President Donald Trump. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)

USA

Donald Trump: US Conducts "One of Most Powerful" Strikes in Middle East History on Iranian Island,

A fireball errupts from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyyeh on March 13, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Hezbollah Chief Signals Readiness for Prolonged Conflict with Israel

PMF supporters in Baghdad on March 1, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Airstrike Targets PMF Base in Al-Qaim District of Anbar Province

US soldiers carry a Merops interceptor drone. (AFP)

World

US Deploys Interceptor Drones Developed for Ukraine to Counter Iranian Attacks, Army Secretary Says

A M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) conducting live-fire missions during "Operation Epic Fury" at an undisclosed location. (AFP)

Turkey

Türkiye Says NATO Intercepted Third Ballistic Missile as Regional Tensions Persist

Major-General Sirwan Barzani, commander of Peshmerga Sector 6 (Gwer-Makhmour). (Photo: Sirwan Barzani/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Drone Attack on French Forces in Kurdistan Region Kills One Soldier, Wounds Six, Peshmerga Commander Says

An aerial view of K1 Military Base in Kirkuk. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Iraq

Missile Attack Targets French Forces at K1 Base in Southern Kirkuk

U.S. Marines while conducting aerial training from a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 in the Caribbean Sea, Feb. 3, 2026. (Southcom/X)

World

U.S. Sends 2,200 Marines Aboard Three Warships to Middle East, ABC News Reports

A view of Dubai Marina in Dubai on March 3, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

UAE Intercepts 34 Iranian Missiles and Drones, Total Neutralizations Exceed 1,800

World

CENTCOM Confirms Deaths of All Crew Members in KC-135 Crash Over Iraq

French President Emmanuel Macron. (Photo: AFP)

Kurdistan

Macron Condemns Drone Strike in Erbil, Reaffirms Defensive Military Policy

U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth, (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

World

Hegseth Says U.S. Launching “Most Intensive” Phase of Strikes in Iran

This undated and unlocated handout picture released on March 13, 2026 by the Etat Major des Armees (The French Defense Staff) shows chief warrant officer Arnaud Frion who was killed in a drone attack on March 12, 2026 evening. (AFP)

Kurdistan

AFP: Iran Drone Kills French Soldier in Kurdistan Region

Iraq

Four U.S. Service Members Confirmed Dead After KC-135 Crash in Western Iraq