ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Sunday condemned the recent attacks on the Kurdistan Region amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, calling for them to stop while praising relations between Erbil and Baghdad.

“We reiterate that the Kurdistan Region is not part of the [regional] tensions, and we must not be caught up in escalations and conflict in the region,” Prime Minister Barzani said during a speech at the inauguration of a major water project in the Barzan area.

As tensions escalated again between Washington and Tehran, with both sides exchanging strikes, the Kurdistan Region became the target of drone and missile attacks launched by Iran and its allied Iraqi armed groups.

On Friday night, the US-led global coalition intercepted at least eight drones over Erbil, just after another eight drones targeted the capital late Wednesday. Iran also targeted Sulaimani on Friday with a missile strike on Zirgwezala that killed at least nine members of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala Toilers of Kurdistan. Later the same day, a weapons depot in Sulaimani's Tasluja was also targeted.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Friday condemned the “unjustified” Iranian attacks, urging Tehran to halt its bombardment and calling on Baghdad and the international community to take a stance.

Prime Minister Barzani likewise condemned the attacks on the Kurdistan Region during his speech, reiterating that they must stop.

Pro-Iran Iraqi militias have repeatedly targeted the Region's energy infrastructure and military bases during Iran's conflict with the US since late February.

On relations with Baghdad, Barzani said they are “at a very good level,” expressing the Region's support for Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi.

In early June, Barzani said Zaidi, who had recently taken office, and other Iraqi political forces wanted to “turn a new page” with Erbil and move toward resolving longstanding disputes.

Erbil and Baghdad have long disagreed over federal budget transfers, control of oil exports, revenue sharing, the status of disputed territories under Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, and the federal government's funding of the Region's civil servants.

“Our request is as always for Baghdad to implement the constitution without bias and for the people of Kurdistan to benefit from all their constitutional rights without discrimination,” Barzani said during Sunday's speech.

Barzani also expressed support for Zaidi's anti-corruption campaign, saying he hoped it would succeed.

Zaidi's government launched a large-scale anti-corruption campaign in late June, when security forces entered Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and arrested scores of senior officials and lawmakers over alleged corruption and theft of public funds.

The campaign has since expanded to target corruption suspects across Iraq, including officials residing in the Kurdistan Region.

On Monday, Barzani's office reaffirmed continued coordination with Baghdad as part of the campaign, saying the prime minister had directed the Region's security institutions to cooperate with federal authorities in combating corruption.

The Iraqi judiciary later said it had coordinated with Kurdistan Region authorities to recover 375 kilograms of gold linked to the corruption case involving detained Oil Ministry Undersecretary for Refining Affairs Adnan al-Jumaili.