ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Two Iranian Kurdish armed groups said on Saturday that Iran had targeted their bases in Erbil province with drones. No casualties were reported.
The attack on the Komala party took place late Saturday in Khalifan district and involved at least four attack drones, senior Komala official Amjad Panahi told Rudaw.
The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), another Iranian Kurdish opposition group, said its bases in Erbil’s Darashakran area were targeted by four Iranian drones.
No casualties had been reported at the time of writing.
Panahi said in a statement that since the outbreak of the Iran war with the US and Israel on February 28, Iran has targeted their bases with 79 missiles and drones.
During their large-scale aerial campaign against Iran, the US and Israel struck thousands of targets across the country during six weeks of hostilities. In response, Iran launched thousands of drone and missile attacks across the Middle East, targeting alleged US assets - particularly in Gulf Arab states - as well as carrying out retaliatory strikes against Israel.
Iran’s response also involved Iraqi armed groups aligned with the Tehran-led “Axis of Resistance,” with several factions claiming responsibility for attacks on alleged US targets in the region, including in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
The US and Iran later agreed to a Pakistan-mediated ceasefire on April 8, halting the 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 conflict has not fully ended.
Despite the truce, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Department of Media and Information said in late April that the Region had endured more than 809 attacks since the outbreak of the war through April 20. That figure has since increased.
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