BREAKING: US strikes on Iran expand into Iraq, killing 8 Iranian Kurdish fighters

Al Jazeera reported that strikes inside Iraq killed eight Iranian Kurdish fighters, in what the outlet described as an expansion of US attacks beyond Iran's borders (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-us-carries-out-strikes-on-civilian-infrastructure-in-south?update=4779478). The report marks the first time the current US-Iran war has visibly spilled into Iraqi territory. The same Al Jazeera liveblog said the United States had carried out major strikes on Iran for a sixth consecutive night, killing at least eight people and wounding 20 (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-us-carries-out-strikes-on-civilian-infrastructure-in-south). The death figure is up from the seven previously reported by Iranian media earlier in the night. Separately, Al Jazeera reported the IRGC said it had targeted US jets in Jordan (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-us-carries-out-strikes-on-civilian-infrastructure-in-south?update=4779647), and that falling debris from intercepted Iranian strikes sparked fires in Kuwait (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/17/falling-debris-from-intercepted-iranian-strikes-sparks-fires-in-kuwait). These claims could not be independently confirmed by a second source in this update. Southern Iranian officials reported power facilities and a train station in Bandar Abbas were hit, and Tehran reiterated the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its pre-war status (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/16/iran-war-live-us-carries-out-strikes-on-civilian-infrastructure-in-south). All casualty figures and Iranian retaliation claims are reported as sourced allegations, not independently verified facts.