🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- "A group of young [Iranian-Kurdish] fighters from Zagros have decided to form a people's defense force called the Zagros Freedom Force.

This [Iraqi-based] organization is completely independent and non-ideological and is based on the self-reliance of the people of Zagros,"- Zagros Freedom Forces.

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- Two Iranian projectiles struck the Sulaymaniyah countryside of Iraqi Kurdistan, near the Iranian border.

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- Iraqi Kurdistan ruling party KDP said the Iraqi Kurdistan Region is not part of the ongoing conflict and urged Iraq’s federal government in Baghdad to stop Iran-backed militias from attacking the region.

The KDP emphasized the need to keep both Iraq and the Kurdistan Region out of the war and called for political unity to preserve stability.

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: A member of the armed group "Kurdistan Free Life Party" (PJAK) now part of the Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan has denied any ongoing military confrontation with Iran or other factions.

*The PJAK is the armed group which attempted to use the ongoing repressions in Iran in January to further their influence, resulting in 8 of their members being killed by the IRGC, per Farsi News on the 8th January 2026.

🇮🇶🇮🇷 - As Rerum Novarum initially reported, contrary to what was spread by other channels and media outlets, there is no [Iranian/Iraqi] Kurdish offensive into Iran, especially not one involving hundreds of thousands of fighters (as per i24).

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: A second Iranian Kurdish group Komala has denied any offensive into Iran, Rudaw reports.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Sirens in Bahrain.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Multiple loud explosions can be heard in Bahrain.

Footage exclusively sent to Rerum Novarum.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Missiles are over the sky of Bahrain.

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- Iranian outlet Tasnim News Agency denies reports of any Kurdish offensive into western Iran, claiming the country's border with Iraq remains secure.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ - The U.S. Senate voted 53 to 47 to block a war powers resolution that would have stopped any new strikes on Iran without congressional approval.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of a direct impact in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: The headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala has been directly struck by multiple drones.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- Explosions in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

🇮🇶🇮🇷⚡- "Not a single Iraqi Kurd has crossed the border.

This is patently false," - Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff of Iraqi Kurdistan.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- Apocalyptic scenes from the camp of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups after drones directly impacted it in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- An Iranian drone was seen flying over Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Interestingly enough, there are no sirens blaring.

🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️- Explosions in Doha, Qatar.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Aftermath of an Israeli strike in southern Beirut.

🇮🇷🇰🇼⚡️- BREAKING: UKMTO reports that an explosion was heard 30 nautical miles off Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, Kuwait. Oil is leaking from the vessel, and there is a possibility of environmental damage.

A small craft was seen leaving the area afterward.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian ballistic missiles launched towards Israel.