Breaking News! Large-scale conflict erupts in the Kurdish region of Iraq!
Iraqi media reports that on the morning of August 22, the "Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan"突击队 and anti-terrorism forces deployed armored vehicles, T-55 tanks, and other heavy weapons around the Lala Zareh Hotel in Sulaymaniyah city, the capital of Sulaymaniyah province in the Kurdish region of Iraq.
The hotel is home to the leader of the Kurdish opposition group "People's Front", Lahur Sheikh Jangi, and is garrisoned by more than 500 armed personnel protecting him.
The突击队 and anti-terrorism forces fired artillery at the hotel, followed by intense fighting between the two sides in the area, with both sides using heavy weapons to attack each other. The fighting is still ongoing.
Previously, the chairman of the "Patriotic Alliance of Kurdistan", Barzani Talabani, announced the arrest of Lahur Sheikh Jangi on the grounds of a coup in Sulaymaniyah city.
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