Iran escalated its drone attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq overnight between Monday and Tuesday.
This is the latest round of attacks on the Kurdistan Region.
Iran and Iranian-backed militias have been targeting Kurdish Iranian opposition groups that operate from northern Iraq over the past six months. The attacks have become increasingly deadly, with around nine people killed in July. Drone attacks were also launched by Iranian-backed militias from areas near Mosul, according to local officials.
According to local reports from Rudaw media, “four drones struck bases belonging to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups east of Erbil early Tuesday while another drone was shot down over the province, according to officials from the groups. No casualties were reported.”
Komala bases targeted by nearly 100 missiles, drones
The report said that an attack took place in the Alana Valley, targeting the Komala Kurdish Iranian political party, according to Amjad Hussein Panahi, head of the Komala of Toilers of Kurdistan communications. He spoke to Rudaw about the attack. Komala is one of six Kurdish parties that joined a coalition of Kurdish Iranian groups in January 2026.
“Since the start of the war, Komala bases have been targeted by more than 95 missiles and drones,” Panahi told Rudaw. This is just some of the 1,000 or more attacks on the Kurdistan Region since January. The Iranians and their proxies in Iraq began the attacks after the US and Israel targeted Iran on February 28.
Rudaw argued that “the latest drone strikes come amid heightened regional tensions following renewed US-Iran military strikes despite ongoing indirect communication between Washington and Tehran regarding the implementation of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in mid-June.”
The attack on Komala was one of several attacks overnight. Several other drones also crashed in an area near Erbil, according to the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI).
“Tonight at 12:30 a.m., two drones crashed inside Jezhnikan camp east of Erbil, but there were no casualties,” the KDPI told Rudaw.
Attacks launched from Mosul, Iraq area
“The camp, located east of Bahrka, houses some of the families and relatives of KDPI Peshmerga and party members. The camp has been evacuated since the outbreak of the US-Iran war,” the report added.
In addition, there were more attacks reported near Koya and other sites. The Kurdistan region’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani told reporters that drone attacks on Erbil had been launched from an area near Mosul.
Mosul is a large city to the West of Erbil. It is controlled by the Iraqi federal government. Several Iranian-backed militias dominate areas near Mosul in the Nineveh plains. Over the last seven years, these groups have targeted Erbil several times.
They use drones and also 122mm Iranian rockets. The militias operate under orders from Iran’s IRGC and are part of a network of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has vowed to rein in the militias. However, the attacks on July 27-28 appear to indicate that Baghdad has been unsuccessful so far.
The attacks on the Kurdistan region come as reports in Iran also say that several members of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) were killed in clashes with Iranian security forces.