Drone and missile attacks reported near Erbil
On the night of September 2, drone and missile attacks were reported in the area of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) said that its bases, headquarters and a training camp near the city came under attack.
As The Jerusalem Post reports, the KDPI said that the attacks lasted approximately from 02:00 to 02:40 local time. According to the party, three drones attacked the leadership’s residences, and later a training camp where the families of organization members lived was struck.
Drone interceptions
Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, citing the Kurdistan Region Counter-Terrorism Directorate, reported that U.S.-led international coalition forces intercepted and shot down 10 drones carrying explosives in the airspace of Erbil province. According to the agency, there were no casualties.
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Two Kurdish security sources also told Rudaw that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to their information, hit and destroyed a TARS tethered aerostat radar system over Erbil. The report provides no official confirmation of this information.
Statements by the sides and previous strikes
Iranian news agency Tasnim, affiliated with the IRGC, said that drone and missile attacks targeted U.S. forces in Erbil. According to Iran’s version, the target was a maintenance facility. Tehran also justified previous strikes in northern Iraq by the presence of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, including the KDPI and Komala.
The Jerusalem Post writes that since February, Iran and Iran-linked groups in Iraq have carried out about 1,000 drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region. At the same time, according to Rudaw’s estimates, the number of attacks exceeded 800 by the end of April, reached 855 in May and 900 over the summer. Kurdish authorities stated that the region is not a party to the conflict and had not allowed its territory to be used for attacks on Iran.
