Four protesters were shot dead in clashes between ethnic groups in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk that broke out after days of tensions.
Iran uses its militias to fire rockets to target gas fields in the area that are controlled by the Kurdistan region.
Several rockets landed near the perimeter of the large Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniya region of northern Iraq.
Iran has long accused Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region of harboring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic.
Turkey regularly carries out air strikes in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts on Iraqi territory.
Ankara says the offensive is a measure to prevent the PKK from using Iraq as a base to carry out attacks in Turkey.
Turkey wants to normalize ties with Syria, but in order to do this it needs to see Damascus cater to some of Ankara’s demands.
As South Azerbaijani dissident Babek Chalabi noted, the world needs to "break free from Iran's nurturing of terrorism."
The case for a revolution in Iran is evident. The Ayatollah regime is a destabilizing force not only inside Iran but also outside the country.
The Iranian governemnt is reportedly irate over a 'secret deal' between the United States and Iraqi Kurds that would provide the latter with air defense weaponry.
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