ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – At least five drones were shot down by US-led coalition forces over Erbil on Friday after loud blasts reverberated across the city earlier that morning, Erbil’s Counterterrorism Directorate said.

The five bomb-laden drones entered Erbil from the west, read a statement from the department, and that they were intercepted between 9:32 to 9:45 am.

“Fortunately, they led to no casualties,” the statement added.

Footage began circulating early Friday morning as air defense systems targeted and engaged the approaching drones.

The Kurdistan Region has once again become a target of Iranian attacks following renewed hostilities between Tehran and Washington, with strikes focusing on US interests and the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.

In May, Tehran declared the Kurdistan Region a site of “hostile bases” under its security doctrine, warning that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had been given the same designation, making both subject to preemptive strikes.

Sixteen bomb-laden drones were intercepted over the Kurdish capital within the span of three days last week, prompting the US embassy to urge its citizens to remain on high alert.

The Kurdistan Region came under hundreds of drone and missile attacks by Iran and its Iraqi proxies from late February until Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June.

The attacks resumed after hostilities between the US and Iran flared again on July 8, only 21 days after the agreement was signed.