Reports indicate several new explosions were heard in Sulaymaniyah province, northeastern Iraq, according to local sources. The cause, damage, or casualties are not yet known.
Additional explosions were reported overnight in Sulaymaniyah province, northeastern Iraq, according to local sources. The blasts follow a series of strikes that began earlier in the evening, when security analyst Yair Goldblatt first reported Iranian drone attacks on Kurdish targets in the city of Sulaymaniyah. The cause of the latest explosions, and any resulting damage or casualties, remain unconfirmed.
At 22:49 Jerusalem on Saturday, The Zioneer reported in three successive updates: an initial drone attack on Kurdish targets in Sulaymaniyah, an expansion of strikes to multiple sites in Erbil, and then reports that Iranian forces had struck additional Kurdish opposition bases in Sulaymaniyah province. The reports evolved from a single analyst source to multiple unverified accounts, and the new explosions overnight appear to be a continuation of the same operation.
As The Zioneer has documented in recent weeks, northern Iraq has repeatedly been the site of Iranian strikes against Kurdish opposition groups based in the region. Similar incidents were reported in Sulaymaniyah on July 29 and June 23, and across southern Iran in June and July, often involving drone and missile activity. The region serves as a corridor for regional military operations, with Iraqi airspace frequently used for Iranian strikes.
It remains unclear whether the latest explosions represent a new wave of attacks or the tail end of the earlier strikes. No official confirmation has been issued by Iranian or Iraqi authorities, and independent verification of the reports is still pending.
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- DevelopingReport: Iranian suicide drone struck separatist headquarters in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq overnight
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