Explosion heard near Erbil in northern Iraq, reports say
Details about the cause, casualties and possible damage were not immediately available.
A powerful explosion was reportedly heard near Erbil in northern Iraq. The cause and any casualties or damage remain unconfirmed. The report also cited an earlier Reuters account of a drone attack on a Kurdish opposition group’s camp near Sulaymaniyah.
An explosion was heard in the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Iranian news agency IRNA reported, citing Al Mayadeen.
The blast was described as powerful, but no further details about its cause, casualties or potential damage were immediately released.
The report also referred to an earlier account by Reuters, citing unnamed security sources in the Kurdistan Region, that a drone attack had targeted a camp belonging to a Kurdish opposition group in northwestern Sulaymaniyah. Several explosions at the bases of separatist groups opposed to Iran had also been reported in recent days, according to news reports.