Iraqi Kurdistan hit by multiple missile attacks as threats rise
Attacks have increased against the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure while warning against continuing collaboration with Turkey.
ERBIL, Iraq — The latest in a lengthening string of attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) assumed to have been conducted by armed groups close to Iran has induced the region’s prime minister to warn on May 2 that this situation “cannot continue.”
Six missiles landed on Sunday night near a large refinery close to the regional capital of Erbil that had previously been targeted on April 6.
The May 1 attack sparked a fire in one of the main refinery tanks hit. The flames were put out some hours later. No casualties were reported in either of the two attacks.
The rockets were found to have been shot from Bartella in Al-Hamdaniya district, east of Mosul, in central government territory. Shiite-led Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) are currently deployed in the area.
