OPEC's second largest oil producer expects to return to pre-conflict output soon, depending on traffic flow through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's military announced attacks on the headquarters of Kurdish opposition groups along the Iran-Iraq border, amidst escalating tensions with Israel.

Two US and UK soldiers died in a "training incident" at a base in Iraq's Kurdistan region, coinciding with Iranian strikes in the area.

Israel secretly established a base in Iraq and previously clashed with local forces to prevent them from accessing the area, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Iraq's air defense system targeted a drone flying over the Green Zone, home to the heavily guarded US embassy, but failed to bring down the object.