Rudaw is a young Kurdish television station that did not exist until the United States invaded Iraq in 2003.

Today, Iraq is increasingly marked by the power struggle between Iran and the United States, which is playing out with attacks on Iraqi soil.

The security situation has deteriorated dramatically in the past year.

"Iraq has become the scene of rivalry between Iran and the United States," said Dlawer Ala Aldeen of the Middle East Research Institute.