Three members of Iraqi Kurdistan’s anti-terrorism forces have been killed Monday in a drone strike that hit an airfield close to Sulaimaniyah, the autonomous northern area’s anti-terrorism providers stated in a press release.
“Sadly the bombing killed three of our Peshmerga comrades from the anti-terrorist providers” and wounded three others, the assertion stated, with out figuring out these behind the assault.
The drone strike focused anti-terror forces on the Arbat airfield, southeast of Sulaimaniyah, which is especially utilized by crop-spraying plane.
A “thorough investigation” has been launched into this “terrorist crime dedicated by overseas servants and native spies”, the anti-terrorism providers stated.
“To guard the investigation, we are going to protect the confidentiality of knowledge. Sooner or later we are going to reveal the reality to the individuals of Kurdistan,” it added.
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Assaults towards Kurdistan’s safety forces are uncommon.
On Sunday, a Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq killed at the very least 4 members of the Kurdistan Staff’ Celebration (PKK), together with a senior official, the Iraqi Kurdish authorities stated.
Turkey has arrange dozens of army bases in Iraqi Kurdistan over the previous 25 years to battle towards the group.
In April 2023, Iraq accused Turkey of finishing up a “bombardment” within the neighborhood of the airport at Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan’s second-largest metropolis.
The strike came about whereas US troopers and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-allied coalition dominated by Kurds, have been on the airport.
The Turkish military not often feedback on its strikes in Iraq however routinely conducts army operations towards PKK rear bases in autonomous Kurdistan in addition to Sinjar district.
Iran has additionally carried out strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan.
A yr in the past, Tehran repeatedly bombed positions of varied Iranian Kurdish opposition teams accused of involvement in protests that erupted in Iran after the loss of life in custody of Mahsa Amini, a younger Iranian Kurdish lady.
Bafel Jalal Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in energy in Sulaimaniyah, condemned Monday’s “terrorist assault”.
“Within the face of repeated violations, it’s the obligation of all political events in Kurdistan to face safety threats and challenges collectively, and to guard Kurdistan from its enemies,” he stated in a press release.
