ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least two people were injured late Monday when four “Iranian missiles” struck a base belonging to the Komala Toilers of Kurdistan in southwest of the Kurdistan Region's eastern Sulaimani province, a party official confirmed to Rudaw English.
“As part of the ongoing attacks by the Islamic Republic against Komala [Toilers of Kurdistan], at around 10 pm Monday evening, four missiles were fired at Komala’s headquarters in Surdash," southwest of Sulaimani, the official said, adding that “two of our members have been injured,” but due to darkness, they were unable to confirm further casualties.
He further noted that since the outbreak of the conflict with Iran in late February, “the Islamic Republic of Iran has targeted Komala’s bases and headquarters with more than 77 missiles and drones.”
The missile attack on Monday comes days after three Iranian drones targeted “residential” sites belonging to another prominent Kurdish opposition group, the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (KDPI), north of Erbil on Friday.
“Iran’s terrorist [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] IRGC launched a new wave of suicide drones against the Jejnikan residential camp of the KDPI this morning, marking the second such attack on Jejnikan within three days,” the group said in a statement, adding that the site "serves as a civilian residential camp for KDPI members’ families.”
The KDPI further noted that since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, “the Islamic Republic of Iran has targeted KDPI family camps, as well as the party’s medical and educational facilities, nearly 130 times using ballistic missiles and drones.”
The US and Israel launched a large-scale aerial campaign against Iran in late February, striking thousands of targets across the country during six weeks of hostilities.
In response, Iran carried out thousands of drone and missile strikes across the Middle East, targeting alleged US assets - particularly in Gulf Arab states - as well as 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.
Tehran also ramped up its attacks on Kurdish dissident groups in the Region.
The US and Iran later 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 war through the 20th of that month, the Region endured over 809 attacks. However, that number has since risen.
Last updated at 11:05 pm.
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