ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran has continued to fire drones and ballistic missiles at its neighbouring countries on the 12th day of war with the US-Israel coalition, including five Kamikhazi drones early Wednesday on a Kurdish opposition group in the Kurdistan Region, leaving one Peshmerga dead and another seriously injured.
A Peshmerga from the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan was killed in Sulaimani province on Wednesday as a result of a drone attack by Iran, a party official told Rudaw English.
Afshin Dadvand, media coordinator for Komala, said Iran used five one-way attack drones in the attack in Sulaimani’s Zrgwezala area that killed the Peshmerga Omid Veysi. Another member was seriously injured in the attack but is currently in stable condition.
The strike marked the second attack on the party in the area on Wednesday, with the other one involving one done, according to the official.
Iran and its proxy forces in Iraq have carried out dozens of missile and drone attacks on the US consulate in Erbil as well other military and civilian targets in the Kurdistan Region, including bases of the Iranian Kurdish parties.
Dadvand said Komala has been attacked four times since the start of Iran’s war with the US and Israel on February 28. A Peshmerga was killed and another injured in the previous attack in Zrgwezala early Sunday.
The bulk of the attacks by Iran and its Iraqi proxies have targeted Erbil. The attacks on the capital city continued early Wednesday. The highest number of incidents overnight occurred within the borders of the Soran administration in Erbil province.
According to Rudaw’s tracking, at least 245 drones have been directed toward the Kurdistan Region since the start of the war. Of those, 205 drones and missiles targeted Erbil province, leaving five people dead and 23 others injured.