Community Peacemaker Teams – Iraqi Kurdistan (CPT-IK) documented 751 attacks across the Kurdistan Region between 28 February and 28 May 2026. These attacks included suicide drone strikes, rockets and missiles, artillery shelling, and gunfire incidents.

Despite the ceasefire, attacks did not stop. Between 8 April and 28 May 2026, CPT-IK documented an additional 104 attacks, primarily targeting Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and their camps within the Kurdistan Region.

This report presents an overview of attacks recorded by CPT-IK during the three-month monitoring period as well as an analysis of attack patterns during the ceasefire period.

Despite the ceasefire, attacks have continued. Between 8 and 24 April, a further 48 attacks were carried out, bringing the total number since the start of the conflict to 695. During the ceasefire period, Iranian Kurdish opposition party camps and bases were the primary targets. Compared to the pre-ceasefire period, a larger proportion of attacks were conducted directly by Iran.

CPT began doing the trainings in 2014. It was inspired by the Alternatives to Violence Project - an initiative begun by Quakers in the 1970’s who went into prisons to engage with violent offenders.

The context in Iraqi Kurdistan is very different to an American prison, but violence has been a frequent part of life for many people here. Of course there’s the wars - six separate conflicts since the 1980’s, plus decades of Iraqi violent repression and Kurdish armed resistance. These days there is still an undeclared war being fought in the border regions, with Turkish bombings and incursions an everyday occurrence.