politics
Iranian missile strikes Kurdish base
CNN's Clarissa Ward shows the aftermath after an Iranian missile struck a base of Iranian Kurdish militias in Iraq's Kurdistan on Wednesday. The CIA is working to arm Iranian Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN this week.
TL;DR
- Iranian missile struck a base of Iranian Kurdish militias in Iraq's Kurdistan.
- CIA is reportedly working to arm Iranian Kurdish forces to foment an uprising in Iran.
- Settler violence in the West Bank has increased amid the US-Israeli war with Iran.
- US-Israeli strikes damaged Iranian hospitals, schools, and gyms near targets.
- CNN's Fred Pleitgen and Claudia Otto provided the first live report from Tehran by a US network since the war began.
- A fleet of rare supercars belonging to alleged international crime kingpin Chen Zhi was seized and auctioned in Taiwan.
- Russia is reportedly providing Iran with intelligence on US military sites.
- President Donald Trump believes Cuba is going to 'fall' and wants to make a deal with the United States.
- British citizens Craig and Lindsay Foreman have been imprisoned in Iran since January and accuse them of espionage.