ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region on Friday strongly condemned the series of drone and missile attacks that targeted its territories over the past two days, calling them a “blatant” violation of sovereignty. This comes as a US-based monitor reported that the number of casualties caused by Iranian attacks on the Region since the onset of the Iran war “has reached 144.”
“We strongly condemn the attacks on the Kurdistan Region,” the Region's Presidency said in a statement on X, calling the targeting and “the resumption of violence” a “dangerous escalation and a blatant violation” of sovereignty.
“These attacks threaten the stability of the country and hinder peace efforts in the region,” the Presidency added.
The remarks come shortly after the Kurdish dissident group Komala Toilers of Kurdistan reported Friday that nine of its members were killed and several others wounded in a missile attack on one of its bases in the Kurdistan Region's eastern Sulaimani province.
“Our main headquarters in the town of Zirgwez was struck by six missiles,” one of the group's senior commanders told Rudaw, noting that the death toll could rise further.
Later in the day, the Kurdistan Region Security Agency detailed that “a total of seven missiles” were fired - four at Zirgwez, one at Qasdri and two near Grdi Kopani villages in Sulaimani.
“A detailed investigation by our teams is ongoing to determine the human and material damages caused by the attacks,” the Agency added.
In addition to the attacks recorded in Sulaimani, several drones were intercepted over the Kurdistan Region's capital, Erbil, in the early hours of Friday.
The Erbil-based Counter-Terrorism Directorate confirmed that "between 4:19 and 5:25 am [local time], [US-led] Coalition forces intercepted and shot down eight bomb-laden drones in the skies over Erbil," adding that the incidents left no casualties."
Earlier on Wednesday, the Directorate had reported that the Coalition forces had “intercepted and shot down eight explosive-laden drones” over Erbil “between 8:53 pm and 9:20 pm,” local time.
“No casualties were reported,” the directorate added.
Meanwhile, the Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a US-based human rights organization that monitors conflicts, reported Friday that since the late-February onset of the Iran war, “30 people have lost their lives and 114 others have been injured” in the Kurdistan Region in attacks launched by Iran and “its affiliated groups in Iraq.”
