Kurdistan Region targeted with seven drones Saturday

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Kurdistan Region was targeted with seven explosive-laden drones early Saturday as Iran and its proxy forces in Iraq continue to target the US consulate in Erbil and other military and civilian sites in the Region.  

“At 10:00 am today, six drones were intercepted in the skies over Erbil,” an informed source told Rudaw on Saturday on the condition of anonymity.

The drones were shot down by the US defense system.

Around the same time, another one-way attack drone targeted Sulaimani city. 

No casualties have been reported from the attacks. 

Since the start of the US-Israel war against Iran on February 28, the Kurdistan Region has been bombarded with more than 300 drones and missiles, according to Rudaw monitoring. As a result, seven people have been killed and 35 others injured. 

Those killed include a security employee at Erbil International Airport, five Peshmerga fighters affiliated with Iranian Kurdish opposition parties - three in Erbil and two in Sulaimani province - and a French soldier killed in Erbil on Thursday.