Kurdistan
Firefighters extinguishing the car targeted by a drone in Sulaimani's Ranya district on August 1, 2022. Photo: Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least one was injured as a result of an unidentified drone strike that targeted a vehicle in Sulaimani’s Ranya district on Monday, a local official told Rudaw, continuing the alarming trend of drone attacks in the Kurdistan Region in recent months.
The incident occurred on Ranya’s Chwarqurna-Qurrago road, with the identity of the passengers and the source of the drone still unclear, Hiwa Qarani, the supervisor of Raparin administration said.
The head of the administration’s health directorate Diyar Ibrahim noted that one person has been hospitalized as a result of the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Kurdistan Region has experienced a startling rise in the number of drones, shelling, and rocket attacks since the start of 2022, largely attributed to Turkey targeting Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) members in the Region, or Iran-backed militias that have conducted a number of attacks on Kurdish land in recent months.
At least three were injured as a result of a drone strike in northeast Erbil in June. Another four were killed in a drone attack targeting the Garmiyan administration’s Kalar town in the same month.
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