ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A double Iranian drone attack targeted a “residential site” for families of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), north of Erbil late Wednesday, with no casualties reported. The group further noted that Tehran has launched more than 126 drone and missile strikes against its civilian facilities since the outbreak of the Iran conflict in late February.
“On Wednesday night, May 13, 2026, at 9:30 pm [local time], the Islamic Republic targeted a camp belonging to the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI) near Erbil with two drones,” the dissident group said in a statement, adding that “the camp houses families affiliated with the Democratic Party and has been targeted several times by the Islamic Republic since the start of the 40-day war” in late February.
The KDPI, which is the largest Iranian Kurdish dissident group, added that “since the outbreak of the war with the United States and Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran has launched more than 126 missile and drone strikes on camps housing families of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan, as well as on the party’s medical and educational facilities.”
The US and Israel launched a large-scale aerial campaign against Iran in late February, striking thousands of targets over six weeks of hostilities. In response, Iran carried out thousands of drone and missile strikes across the Middle East, targeting alleged US assets and launching retaliatory attacks against Israel.
The Iranian response also involved Iraqi armed groups aligned with the Tehran-led ‘Axis of Resistance,’ with several factions claiming responsibility for attacks on purported US targets in the region, including in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
The US and Iran agreed to a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire on April 8, halting fighting to allow space for talks. While the first round of discussions concluded without a final agreement on April 11, a second round has yet to take place, as the war has yet to fully conclude.
Despite the truce, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Department of Media and Information in late April reported that since the outbreak of the Iran war through April 20, the Region endured over 809 attacks, which “resulted in 20 martyrs and 123 wounded.”
Kurdish leaders have repeatedly censured Tehran over the attacks, which continue despite the ceasefire and despite the Kurdistan Region not being a party to the conflict, nor allowing its territory to be used as a launchpad for attacks against Iran.
In a late April interview with Rudaw, Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh, director of Iran’s Diplomatic House and former editor-in-chief of the semi-official Mehr News Agency, stated that Iran views the attacks on Kurdish opposition groups as part of “efforts to secure its border that began even before the [six-week] war.”
He hinted that Tehran would continue to “defend its own security” against them, adding that this issue “is not connected to war. It is more about the security of the borders,” he said.
Last updated at 11:35 pm.
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