At least four Yemeni employees died this Friday in a “terrorist” drone attack launched by an unknown group against the Khor Mor gas field, in the Suleimaniya province of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdish Government reported.
The spokesman for the Government of Iraqi Kurdistan, Peshawa Hawramani, said in a statement that the “terrorist act” caused the death of “four employees of Yemeni nationality” as well as “severe damage” that greatly affects the energy supply of the semi-autonomous region. from northern Iraq.
The spokesman simply said that the attack was carried out by “saboteurs and evil people,” without attributing the action to any specific groupalthough he asked the central government in Baghdad to “find the perpetrators” to bring them to justice and “prevent these acts from being repeated.”
[Un muerto y 8 heridos tras el ataque de “aviones desconocidos” a una base militar en Irak]
According to EfeRamik Ramazan, the mayor of Chamchamal, where the Khor Mor camp is located, previously told Kurdish media that Three other people were injured in the attack. Reuters has reported that the US State Department has condemned the attack.
Iraqi Kurdistan’s Ministries of Electricity and Natural Resources said in a joint statement that the attack targeted the depot, causing “the cessation of gas supply to power plants” and the consequent decrease in electrical production to about 2,500 megawatts.
They added that emergency teams from both departments are working with the relevant authorities to restore the facility’s operation and resume gas supply to Kurdistan’s power plants.
For his part, a Kurdish security source told Efe on condition of anonymity that a investigation to clarify who is responsible for the attack, for which no group has claimed responsibility so far.
The Khor Mor gas field is operated by the company Dana Gasestablished in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and produces around 452 cubic feet of gas per day that is used to power the power plants of Iraqi Kurdistan.
According to Rudaw, in the past the facility has been the target of attacks attributed to Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
The amalgamation of pro-Iran militias Islamic Resistance in Iraq has claimed responsibility for more than 200 attacks against facilities with a US presence in Iraq and Syria, in addition to Israel, since the start of the war in Gaza on October 7.
However, the group has limited its attacks since the beginning of the year due to ongoing talks between Baghdad and Washington to establish a schedule for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi territory, one of the main demands of the militias to stop their actions. .
