ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Several areas in the Kurdistan Region came under drone and missile attacks early Sunday, with four civilians injured in Erbil after a drone was intercepted and debris fell onto a residential house, sources told Rudaw.
At around 1:00 am on Sunday, two loud explosions were heard in the Kurdistan Region’s capital. According to information obtained by Rudaw, two drones targeted Erbil but were shot down by air defense systems.
One of the drones fell onto the roof of a house in the Karezan neighborhood after being intercepted, sparking a fire and injuring four civilians.
A senior and informed source in Erbil told Rudaw that the four injured civilians are in stable condition and their lives are not in danger.
An Iraqi pro-Iran armed faction, Ashab al-Kahf, claimed responsibility for the Erbil attack. The group said it had targeted US interests.
Ashab al-Kahf is part of the network of Iran-backed factions known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which has previously claimed several similar attacks on the Kurdistan Region.
Meanwhile, another loud explosion was heard in Sulaimani early Sunday. Karzan Sherko, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Region Security Agency (Asayish), told Rudaw that two drones were intercepted in the airspace of the Peshmerga’s Second Regional Guard Command.
Sherko said the loud noise heard in the city was caused by drone debris falling to the ground, stressing that the attack caused no casualties.
At the same time, the border area of Koya district in Erbil province was also targeted early Sunday morning. A source told Rudaw that three missiles were fired toward the area, though no further details were immediately available.
The attacks come amid heightened regional tensions and follow a series of drone and missile strikes targeting the Kurdistan Region since the outbreak of the war between Iran and the US-Israel coalition on February 28.