Iraq's Kurdistan faces escalating drone attacks amid a widening Iran conflict, raising fears of regional instability and civilian casualties.

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Officials with one of the armed Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that they are not planning an imminent cross-border attack on Iran but would join a ground invasion if the U.S. were to launch one.

Fears are gripping Iraq's region of Kurdistan that has seen an uptick in attacks amid Iran's escalating conflict with the United States and Israel. The air defences in the territory on Saturday shot

Through one conflict after another, herders in Iraqi Kurdistan have grazed their animals under the endless blue skies of the Zagros Mountains -- a lifestyle they are stoically trying to maintain as yet another war engulfs the region.

A photojournalist gained access to a mountain stronghold in Iraq where exiled Iranian Kurds are preparing for conflict against the Iranian regime.

Iran is also targeting Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. The Iranian-backed militias are escalating attacks in Iraq, as, in recent days, a number of them have

On a deserted road not too far from the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, Satar Barsirini looked up at the sky, now streaked with jets and drones.The rumble of jets and hum of drones "come from everywhere.

Iraqi Kurds are presently relying on American air defenses at Erbil airport that are providing critical area defense for the capital and sizable swathes of their region.