Two killed in drone attack in Iraqi Kurdistan
07.04.2026, DPA
Photo: Ismael Adnan/dpa
Two people were killed in a drone attack in Iraq's northern autonomous region of Kurdistan, the region's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Tuesday.
He said that one member of the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga security forces and his wife were killed after a drone attack on their home in Erbil city.
"I condemn this heinous crime in the strongest terms and denounce its perpetrators. The targeting of civilians and civilian homes is a war crime," Barzani wrote on X.
Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw said that the city has been targeted for more than 10 drone attacks since Monday evening, which caused material damage to people's property due to falling debris across the city.
Erbil is home to a multinational base where soldiers from the United States and Germany are stationed.
Authorities in Kurdistan have previously pledged neutrality in the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran. Both Iran and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq have claimed responsibility for attacks on the Kurdish region. Iranian forces have also struck Iranian Kurdish groups in neighbouring Iraq.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iraq's Hashd Shaabi, an Iranian-aligned militia, said that one of their fighters was killed in an attack targeting their brigade in the al-Qaem district of the western Anbar province, the official INA news agency reported.
The Hashd Shaabi, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), described the attack as "a treacherous Zionist-American attack."
The militia played a key role in the fight against Islamic State between 2014 and 2017, and continues to operate alongside Iraqi security forces.
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