Drones targeting Iraqi radar sites launched from inside country: Authorities

The Iraqi Armed Forces announced that the drones used to attack military sites "were manufactured outside of Iraq" and that they have uncovered “the entities involved in coordinating and carrying out these hostile operations.”

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Two bomb-laden drones target Erbil’s Khurmala oil field

No casualties resulted from the attack on Monday evening, which marks the latest in a string of mysterious hostile drone activities in the Kurdistan Region.

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Another drone shot down in Erbil

Ahmed Hoshyar, director of the Erbil International Airport, told The New Region that no projectiles had fallen into the compound, and confirmed that the attack did not disrupt any scheduled flights.

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Expert warns Iraq faces growing drone threat

Security expert Saif Raad said Iraq is facing an "unknown war" prosecuted by mysterious actors using drones and missile attacks, warning that the country could face more such incidents unless it improves its air defenses.

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Suicide drone crashes into displaced Yazidis camp in Zakho

“In the early hours of Tuesday, at 00:30, a suicide drone crashed into the Darkar camp, located in Darkar sub-district, Zakho,” the Kurdistan Counter Terrorism (CT) stated, adding, "it did not cause any human casualties, but it did cause material damage.”

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Five lightly injured after foreign aerial object lands in Iraq’s Samarra

Footage have circulated on social media in recent days, showing foreign aerial objects and debris from missiles and drones landing across several provinces of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.

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Suicide drone shot down over Erbil sky

Residents of Erbil have in recent days posted photos and videos of multiple projectiles crashing in the Kurdistan Region’s capital, and in some instances starting a blaze.

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PKK drone attack injures three Peshmerga in Duhok: Gov’t source

The PKK and its proxies have engaged in clashes with the Peshmerga and Iraqi armed forces in the past.

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Five PMF members wounded in drone shootdown incident in Anbar

Five members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were injured on Wednesday after they attempted to shoot down a drone carrying explosives in Anbar province. A defense analyst stated that the drone in question is believed to be a Samad-2, commonly used by Houthi rebels in Yemen as well as "pro-Iranian Iraqi PMF groups."

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