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Report: Kurdish Fighters Have Been Entering Iran From Iraq and Clashing With the IRGC
Report: Kurdish Fighters Have Been Entering Iran From Iraq and Clashing With the IRGC
By Dave DeCamp | The Libertarian Institute | January 14, 2026
Turkish intelligence has warned Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Kurdish fighters have been entering Iran from Iraq amid protests inside Iran, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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The US has a significant presence in Iraqi Kurdistan, including a military base and an $800 million consulate compound that it opened in December. The Israeli Mossad is also known for having a presence in the area, and Iran claimed that it attacked a Mossad base in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2024.
Previously:
Trump Has Strong Options for Iran /Alastair Crooke & Lt Col Daniel Davis
These are the same Iraqi Kurds for whom the U.S. established the post‑1991 autonomous zone. Erbil Governorate sits on the Iran‑facing side of Iraqi Kurdistan. The U.S. operates Harir Air Base there (active since 2003) and maintains the largest consulate compound in the world. This is a forward U.S. position on Iran’s border. The U.S./Coalition also has units in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, which likewise borders Iran.
Trump Has Strong Options for Iran /Alastair Crooke & Lt Col Daniel Davis
PH: Governor Mamba reiterates Stance against Foreign Forces or Troops in Cagayan
Visualizing the ACE Concept (China)
The UK is prime contributor to US military operations in Africa
Documents obtained by Declassified show that senior British army officers have played key roles at US Africa Command, which conducts drone strikes and secret operations, and they effectively serve as US military personnel at its base in Djibouti.
The UK is prime contributor to US military operations in Africa
US to cut military presence in Niger + Pentagon lied to Congress
The Pentagon reportedly plans to pull out some of its troops from the African country
The US has begun “repositioning” the troops it has in Niger and plans to cut their number “nearly in half” over the next several weeks, Politico reported on Friday citing two Defense Department officials.
US to cut military presence in Niger
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CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps
CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine’s capital at the end of last week to brief President Volodymyr Zelensky on his expectations for what Russia is planning militarily in the coming weeks and months, said a U.S. official and other people familiar with the visit.
CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps
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Ukraine and Georgia’s NATO aspirations not only touch a raw nerve in Russia, they engender serious concerns about the consequences for stability in the region. Not only does Russia perceive encirclement, and efforts to undermine Russia’s influence in the region, but it also fears unpredictable and uncontrolled consequences which would seriously affect Russian security interests. Experts tell us that Russia is particularly worried that the strong divisions in Ukraine over NATO membership, with much of the ethnic-Russian community against membership, could lead to a
major split, involving violence or at worst, civil war. In that eventuality, Russia would have to decide whether to intervene; a decision Russia does not want to have to face.
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Read More »US Air Force deployment in Britain is third largest in world
Only Japan and Germany, countries occupied by the US military after World War 2, host more US airmen than Britain. Nuclear-capable American B-52 bombers were recently deployed in Gloucestershire amid Ukraine tensions.
US Air Force deployment in Britain is third largest in world
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