Overview
- Kurdistan security forces said two Hadid-110 explosive drones struck the private office of KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and the residence of the region’s intelligence chief in Erbil, with no reported casualties.
- The KRG and its Counter-Terrorism Service said the drones were launched from Iranian territory, a claim Tehran denies and has called suspicious or a false flag.
- Iraq’s prime minister ordered an investigative committee while Kurdish authorities conducted an immediate on-site probe to collect forensic evidence and establish attribution.
- Multiple governments and regional states publicly condemned the strikes as violations of Iraqi sovereignty and urged restraint to avoid wider escalation.
- The attack follows a pattern of cross-border drone strikes that have hit Kurdistan infrastructure and leaders, increasing local insecurity and raising questions about air-defence gaps and the political pressure on Baghdad to reassert control.