Intra-Kurdish clashes in northern Iraq could lead to additional attacks against nearby oil infrastructure, as the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) retaliates against attempts by Iraqi and Turkish forces to reduce the group’s presence and activity in the resource-rich region. On Nov. 4, PKK militants attacked a convoy of Kurdish peshmerga forces in the Chamanke area of Iraq's Dohuk province, resulting in one death and two other injuries. There were also two reported PKK attacks on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)'s oil and gas police in Dohuk, wounding policemen protecting petroleum facilities. Both the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad and the KRG in Erbil have strongly condemned the recent attacks and blamed the PKK. On Nov. 6, the Kurdistan Communities Union, another Kurdish group closely allied with the PKK, said that the PKK was defending their bases and not trying to offensively attack the peshmerga fighters.