ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Renewed strikes targeted the Provinces of Sulaimani and Erbil late Friday following one of Tehran’s deadliest attacks on the Kurdistan Region earlier in the day.
“We strongly condemn the attacks on the city of Sulaimani and Kurdistan. We reiterate that the Kurdistan Region and the local government of Sulaimani, maintaining neutrality and responsibility, are not a part of the war that has engulfed the region,” Sulaimani governor Haval Abubaker posted on Facebook.
“Several drones from the airspace of Balakayati (Bordering Iran in Erbil province) are heading toward Erbil,” according to a Rudaw reporter.
Strikes have targeted Tasluja, north of Sulaimani’s Jalal Talabni International Airport and several explosions were heard over Erbil, following similar attacks earlier in the day against Kurdish dissident group Komala Toilers of Kurdistan, which resulted in the deaths of nine of its members and several others wounded.
“Ammunition depots belonging to separatist groups in Sulaimani were targeted in an attack,” Tehran’s state media IRNA reported.
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