Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday that two drones struck a military base in Arbil province, causing some damage but no casualties. The region’s peshmerga forces, allies of the US-led anti-jihadist coalition, were the target of the attack. No claim for the attack has been made, but there has been a surge in attacks on US forces and their allies in Iraq and neighboring Syria since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7.
The majority of these attacks have been claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a loose alliance of Iran-linked armed groups opposed to US support for Israel in the Gaza war. On Sunday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for a drone attack aimed at US-led coalition forces stationed at Arbil airport, which was ultimately shot down by authorities in the region. Since October 17, there have been 106 attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria, according to US military officials.
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Masrour Barzani condemned the outlaws responsible for the attack and their collaborators, blaming the federal government in Baghdad for funding them. The government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, backed by pro-Tehran parties, has ordered an investigation into the drone attack in coordination with the Iraqi Kurdish security services.
