Unverified reports indicate that Iranian forces carried out heavy bombings in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday evening, causing widespread fires that are still burning and uncontrolled. The incident follows earlier reports of giant fires in the same city attributed to Iranian attacks.
A new wave of unverified reports Friday night indicates that the fires raging in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, were caused by heavy bombings by Iranian forces. The fires are described as widespread and uncontrolled, with no information on containment or casualties. The reports follow The Zioneer's earlier coverage of explosions and fires in the same city.
Throughout Friday evening, The Zioneer published a series of updates beginning at 17:22 Jerusalem. Initial reports indicated explosions in Sulaymaniyah and Erbil. Within the same hour, reports specified strikes targeting Iranian opposition headquarters, and Al Jazeera footage confirmed the targeting. Later reports described an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) strike on a Kurdish base causing secondary explosions, then heavy explosions and fires, and finally giant fires attributed to an Iranian attack. All reports remained unverified, with sources evolving from a single channel to additional news outlets and social media footage.
The region has seen periodic explosions and fires in recent weeks. The Zioneer reported on June 23 a blast in Sulaymaniyah amid a pattern of explosions across Iraq and Iran. Additional background reports documented explosions in Iranian cities including Kermanshah, Isfahan, and southwestern Iran over the past month.
The current reports of heavy bombings come from a single channel and have not been independently confirmed. No official statements from Iraqi or Kurdish authorities have been reported, and casualty figures remain unknown.
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