ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two drone strikes targeted a mountain area near Dukan district in Sulaimani province on Saturday, close to positions of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala of Toilers of Kurdistan, but caused no casualties or significant damage, a senior party official told Rudaw.
Azad Salawati, the security chief of Komala of Toilers of Kurdistan, told Rudaw's Arkan Ali that the attack targeted a mountain near Jasana village on the outskirts of Dukan, saying that "the area was hit by two drones, but apart from a small fire caused by the impact, there was no other damage."
The strike is the latest in a series of attacks on Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region since the outbreak of the US-Iran war in late February.
The conflict has repeatedly spilled into the Kurdistan Region, with drones and missiles targeting Iranian Kurdish opposition group bases as well as areas around Erbil and Sulaimani.
According to Rudaw tracking, the Region was targeted by 88 drones and missiles in July alone, following the renewed fighting between the US and Iran, killing 10 people and injuring 15 others.
According to figures compiled by Rudaw, Erbil province was struck by 66 drones and two missiles in July, while Sulaimani province was targeted by 10 missiles and nine drones. Missile debris also fell in Halabja province.
Iranian Kurdish opposition groups have repeatedly accused Tehran of carrying out the attacks.
Similar drone strikes this week targeted bases belonging to Komala, the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI), and other opposition groups near Erbil and Sulaimani, causing material damage but no reported casualties.
Since the outbreak of the US-Iran war in late February, Rudaw has recorded more than 950 drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region, killing 32 people and wounding 154 others.
The drone strikes come after American, British, French and German forces withdrew hundreds of troops and key air-defense systems from Erbil International Airport in a surprise 72-hour pullout, leaving the Kurdistan Region increasingly vulnerable to intensifying Iranian and militia attacks.
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