Kurdish Policy Analysis

  By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — Kurdish Policy Analysis Iran fired around 10 ballistic missiles at north; no reports of injuries, damage Iran launched missiles toward Israel after Israeli airstrikes on southern Beirut, marking a major escalation in regional tensions and raising fears of a wider Middle East war involving the United States and Iran. Iran launched some 10 ballistic missiles at northern Israel in several salvos over the past hour. All of the missiles were intercepted or struck open areas, according to the military. There have been no reports of direct impacts, injuries, or damage in the attacks. The IDF Home Front Command says civilians in areas where sirens sounded can now leave bomb shelters. The IDF says it has so far intercepted all of the Iranian ballistic missiles launched at Israel tonight. Air defenses are now working to shoot down the latest salvo launched from Iran, triggering sirens across the north, the military says. A basketball matc...

By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — Kurdish Policy Analysis Civilians Bear the Brunt of Escalating Hostilities and Displacement Orders in Lebanon: Statement by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Lebanon, Imran Riza The United Nations warns that civilians in Lebanon are paying the highest price for escalating hostilities, mass displacement orders, and a deepening humanitarian crisis as regional conflict intensifies. Civilians in Lebanon continue to bear the brunt of escalating hostilities, displacement orders and attacks affecting health care, emergency services and access to life-saving assistance. According to the Ministry of Public Health, at least 3,433 people have been killed and more than 10,395 injured across the country since 2 March. In southern Lebanon, families continue to be forced to flee under increasingly difficult conditions. The latest wave of displacement is placing further pressure on already overstretched systems. Roads are congested. She...

 By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — 1 June 2026 I ran has damaged 20 US military sites since the start of the war, satellite images and videos analysed by BBC Verify show, suggesting the attacks are more extensive than publicly acknowledged. Iran has targeted key facilities across eight countries in the Middle East since the end of February, causing millions of dollars of damage to state-of the-art air defence systems, refuelling aircraft and radars. Tehran has targeted both US bases and shared military facilities in retaliation to the US-Israeli strikes across Iran and Lebanon over the past three months. The Pentagon says it has hit more than 13,000 targets in Iran since the start of Operation Epic Fury. Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, has sought to highlight his military's success in striking US facilities. In a statement on Tuesday he claimed the Middle East was no longer a "safe place" for American bases. While the White House has repeated...

Iran's IRGC launched a retaliatory strike on a US air base on Thursday after American forces attacked a site near Bandar Abbas airport By Dr. Pshtiwan Faraj Sulaimani, Iraqi Kurdistan — 29 May 2026  In the pre-dawn hours of Thursday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a strike against a US air base, dramatically escalating a cycle of mutual military action even as diplomats from both sides raced to salvage a nuclear agreement they described as within reach. The IRGC announced the strike in an official statement broadcast by Iranian state television, framing the operation as a direct response to what it described as an early-morning attack by US forces on a site near Bandar Abbas airport. The IRGC statement, invoking Quranic verse, said its forces targeted the American air base — identified as the origin point of the Bandar Abbas strike — at precisely 4:50 a.m. local time. The Guards did not name the base. "This response is a serious warning," the statem...