ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The Kurdistan Region’s Khor Mor gas field has suffered “great damage” following a drone strike last week and there is currently no gas production taking place at the facility, Dana Gas said Saturday, urging media outlets to refrain from “irresponsible” reporting. 

Khor Mor, the Kurdistan Region’s largest gas field, was targeted late Sunday in what its operator, the UAE-based Dana Gas, termed a suspected drone attack.

“As official sources announced earlier, great damage has hit the Khor Mor gas facility, and at present no quantity of gas can be produced,” Dana Gas said in a statement, adding that a number of local media outlets “are making incorrect statements.”

“We ask the media outlets to avoid irresponsible coverage and baseless predictions.”

Investigations into the attack are ongoing to identify the perpetrators. 

On Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi directed the investigation to be completed “as soon as possible,” stressing the need to hold the responsible parties accountable.

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani affirmed Monday that he and Zaidi “have agreed that these attacks must not be repeated” and that the federal government and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will “assist each other” with prevention efforts.

Sabah al-Numan, spokesperson for the Iraqi commander-in-chief on Tuesday said there is ongoing effort by Baghdad to “provide the air defense forces with modern air defense systems, modern radars, and also equipment to counter indirect attacks.”

The withdrawal of the US-led coalition in late September saw the removal of foreign air defense systems in the Kurdistan Region, which had proved invaluable in intercepting incoming Iranian missile and drone strikes during the US-Israeli war on Iran earlier in the year.

Khor Mor has come under repeated attacks, forcing staff evacuations and halting production. During the US-Iran war, numerous drone and missile strikes by Iran and Iraqi pro-Iran armed groups targeted civilian and energy infrastructure across the Kurdistan Region.