ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - For the third day in a row, the Kurdistan Region’s oilfields came under explosive-laden drone strikes, with three separate attacks targeting the Tawke, Peshkabir, and Sheikhan oilfields in Duhok province, according to the Kurdistan Region Counter-Terrorism (CT).

“According to information obtained by the Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism, the DNO-operated Peshkabir oilfield, in Zakho independent administration, came under two bomb-laden drone attacks at 6:00 am and 6:15 am,” reads a statement from the CT.

It added that at 7:00 a.m., a third drone struck the Tawke field, which is also operated by DNO, in the village of Tawke, in Zakho.

At 7:14 am, a fourth “bomb-laden drone attacked the Hunt Oil facility” operated by the US company HKN Energy near Baadre in Sheikhan district, Duhok province. 

"The attacks did not cause any human losses, but material damage to the fields," the CT said. 

The strikes came a day after a similar attack targeted the Sarsang oilfield in Duhok, forcing the US-based HKN Energy to suspend operations at the field. This comes as a spate of aerial attacks by unidentified actors have targeted the Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk since late June, coming days after the declaration of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.