“The attacks, carried out by Iran and its aligned Iraqi militia groups, have killed at least 14 people and wounded 85 others," Erbil-based Rudaw Media Network noted.

Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, together with Iran, have attacked the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq more than 450 times since the Iran war began, according to Rudaw Media Network, a Kurdistan Region-based news channel.

The militias have been attacking the Kurdish Region daily, using kamikaze drones and rockets. Iranian missiles killed six Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers this week.

Baghdad backs the militias.

“The attacks, carried out by Iran and its aligned Iraqi militia groups, have killed at least 14 people and wounded 85 others, marking one of the most intense periods of conflict in the region in recent years,” Rudaw reported.

The militias have targeted hotels, US facilities, and US forces in the Kurdistan Region. They also targeted the United Arab Emirates consulate in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region, twice. Many attacks also struck sites linked to Kurdish Iranian opposition parties.

According to the local reports, the attacks continued this Wednesday and Thursday.

“Earlier on Wednesday, a drone struck a residential project in the city, sparking a fire and damaging several vehicles, according to footage circulated online,” Rudaw reported.

On Tuesday, there were four drone attacks in Erbil.

“The strikes have hit a wide range of locations, from military bases and camps housing displaced families of the Iranian Kurdish opposition parties to urban neighborhoods, infrastructure sites, and areas near Erbil International Airport,” Rudaw reported.

Kurdish leaders have sought to keep the region from being dragged into the Iranian conflict. Tehran has decided to make Iraq a front line.

Iran has attacked the Kurds and also has used militias to strike US forces in Baghdad.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani refuses to take responsibility and rein in the militias. Instead, he spoke with the leaders of Jordan, Qatar, and France this week. He refuses to condemn the militias, which are now increasing their rhetoric against the US.

The UAE condemned the attack on the Kurdish Peshmerga. Turkey also expresses sympathy.

“The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned and denounced Iran’s unprovoked terrorist missile attacks targeting two military sites in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq,” the UAE Foreign Ministry said. “The ministry also expressed condolences to the families of the victims,” Rudaw reported.

Iranian-backed militias using multiple names in attacks on Kurdistan

The Iranian-backed militias are believed to be carrying out about two dozen attacks a day. They have used various militia names to take credit for the attacks.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, for instance, claimed it had carried out 23 attacks on March 25-26. The Islamic Resistance is an umbrella group of Iranian-backed militias. The same militias are part of the Iraqi government’s Popular Mobilization Forces. As such, they wear two hats – one as a government force and one as a militia loyal to Iran.

There are several dozen militia brigades in Iraq, but only some of them have drones and rockets they can use on behalf of Iran. Most of the militias have been sanctioned by the US as terrorist groups.

The Islamic Resistance appears to have carried out about 600 attacks across all of Iraq since the Iran war began on February 28. Several hundred of these attacks targeted the Kurdistan Region.

One of the other pro-Iranian groups that acts as a front group for the militias is called Saraya Awliya al-Dam.

It appears that there have been several attempts to hold the militias responsible. The UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan have been more vocal in condemning Iranian attacks, Rudaw reported.

Baghdad has been unable to curb pro-Iran armed groups, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Rudaw on Sunday.

“They also have power,” he said. “They have military power, organizational power, and parliamentary power.”