Explosion Reported Near Erbil in Northern Iraq
News sources reported a powerful blast in the outskirts of Erbil, while details about its cause, casualties and possible damage remained unavailable.
News sources, citing IRNA and Al Mayadeen, reported that a powerful explosion was heard near Erbil in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The cause, timing, casualties and damage had not been confirmed. A separate Reuters report cited unnamed Kurdish security sources as saying that a drone attack targeted a Kurdish opposition group’s camp near Sulaymaniyah, but the available evidence does not establish whether the incidents were connected.
News sources reported that the sound of an explosion was heard in northern Iraq, near Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region.
According to Iran’s IRNA news agency, citing the Al Mayadeen network, the blast was described as powerful and was heard in the outskirts of the city. The report did not specify when the explosion occurred or identify its cause.
No details had been released about possible casualties or material damage at the time of the report. There was also no immediate confirmation from local authorities in the supplied information.
The report referred to a separate incident reported early on Thursday, when Iraqi news sources said a large explosion had shaken Erbil province. Reuters, citing unnamed security sources in the Kurdistan Region, reported that a drone attack had targeted a camp belonging to a Kurdish group opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran in northwestern Sulaymaniyah, in northern Iraq.
The available information does not establish whether the reported blast near Erbil was connected to that earlier incident. It also does not independently verify the reported drone strike or identify the group allegedly targeted.
The reports come after several accounts in recent days of explosions at facilities belonging to separatist militant groups opposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The supplied evidence contains no further information about the locations, perpetrators, extent of damage or casualties in those incidents.