US Strikes on Iraq's PMF Kill 15; Rocket Attack Kills 6 Kurdish Peshmerga

The death toll from strikes on Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces reached 15, per Middle East Eye. Separately, a rocket attack killed six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq's Kurdistan region. The Iraq front has seen over 200 strikes on Kurdistan Region targets since the war began, with the US targeting PMF positions across Mosul, the Nineveh Plains, Kirkuk, and Al Anbar. Iran-aligned militias continue to send mixed signals on escalation, per FDD's Long War Journal.