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01:00Nighttime. Northern Iraq. Streaks of light cut across the sky above Erbil,
01:06and then the explosions begin. Iranian suicide drones, dozens of them,
01:13raining down on Kurdish opposition camps. American fighter jets scramble to intercept.
01:19This isn't a movie. This happened on May 7, 2026, and almost nobody's talking about it.
01:28The targets were Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, exiles living in northern Iraq,
01:34who Tehran has long considered a threat. We're talking about factions like the KDPI,
01:41Komala, and Pak. People who fled Iran and set up base in Iraqi Kurdistan. To Iran, their enemies.
01:49To the Kurds, their refugees. And this wasn't a one-off. Since February, 2026, there have been
01:57over 100 documented attacks on these camps. Drone strikes, missile strikes, hits on refugee
02:04areas where families live. This is a sustained campaign. This latest wave didn't just hit
02:11opposition camps. Drones also flew dangerously close to Harrier Air Base, a facility that hosts
02:18U.S. and coalition forces. American jets intercepted several of the mid-air. Bright explosions lit up the
02:26night sky. Some reports suggest partial impacts on nearby sites, though the full damage assessment is
02:33still coming in. Think about that for a second. Iran just launched a drone swarm in the same airspace
02:41where American military aircraft operate. That is not a small thing. Kurdish officials are furious.
02:49They're calling for stronger international air defenses. The Iraqi central government has condemned
02:55the attacks as a violation of sovereignty. But enforcement? Nearly impossible. Northern Iraq,
03:03specifically Iraqi Kurdistan, has been one of the most stable corners of the Middle East for years.
03:09It's been a refuge, a base for coalition operations, a functioning region in a broken neighborhood.
03:16Iran's repeated cross-border strikes are slowly eroding that stability. Every attack on a Kurdish
03:23opposition camp is also an attack on Iraq's sovereignty. And every drone that floats past a U.S. base
03:31is a test of American resolve. Analysts are warning that if this continues unchecked,
03:37more actors could get pulled in. The region's already on a knife's edge. The situation as of today remains
03:45fluid. Casualty numbers are still being confirmed. Kurdish media outlets are updating in real time. And the
03:53world, for the most part, is looking elsewhere. But what's happening in her bill right now is a window
04:00into something bigger. Proxy conflict, ethnic persecution, and great power tensions colliding in one corner of Iraq.
04:09Part of Iraq
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