Kurdish rebels clash with IRGC in major border escalation: Is a new insurgency brewing? - analysis
Kurdish rebels have clashed with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in a major border escalation, resulting in the deaths of two IRGC members and injuries to two others. The incident has raised concerns about a potential new insurgency brewing in the region. The clash occurred near the border and involved Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG).
- ▪Two members of Iran's IRGC were killed and two others were injured in the clash.
- ▪The incident was reported by Tasnim News, an IRGC-affiliated network.
- ▪Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) were involved in the clash.
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Kurdish rebels clash with IRGC in major border escalation: Is a new insurgency brewing? - analysisTasnim News, which is an IRGC-affiliated network, reported that “two members of Iran’s IRGC were killed and two others were injured in an ‘armed terrorist attack.'"Follow us on GoogleKurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) run across a street in Raqqa, Syria, July 3, 2017. (photo credit: GORAN TOMASEVIC/REUTERS)
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