ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Kurdistan Region’s Peshmerga ministry said Monday that “outlaw terrorist groups” carried out drone attacks on its bases in multiple locations, warning it may change its restrained stance if Baghdad fails to act.
For weeks, the Kurdistan Region has been caught in the crosshairs of the Iran-Israel-US conflict, with Iraqi pro-Iran armed groups aligned with the Tehran-led “Axis of Resistance” carrying out hundreds of strikes on alleged American targets in the Region since the onset of the conflict on February 28.
“This series of attacks is carried out openly before the eyes of the Iraqi army and security forces in the Kurdistan Region and Peshmerga force headquarters, and they have had many casualties and material losses,” the ministry said.
On March 24, an Iranian ballistic missile attack killed six Peshmerga fighters and injured dozens more in Erbil province. Earlier, three Peshmerga fighters were wounded in two separate drone attacks on bases in Sulaimani and Erbil, according to a ministry statement.
The ministry added that the federal government, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, the Joint Operations Command, and other security institutions “have had no serious position to prevent these terrorist and destructive attacks.”
It said the Peshmerga forces have so far “restrained” themselves but “will be forced to have a different position” if the federal government does not take action.
Coalition forces in Erbil have intercepted most of the attacks, which have included one-way drones, tactical ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles. According to Rudaw monitoring, the Kurdistan Region has been hit by 638 drone and missile attacks since the start of the war, leaving 14 people dead and 93 others injured. Of these, 507 targeted Erbil province, 104 Sulaimani, 25 Duhok, and two Halabja.
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