Shafaq News- Erbil

An unidentified drone struck the Lanaz oil refinery in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, Shafaq News correspondent said on Friday.

The drone directly hit refinery installations, sending flames and thick smoke into the sky as petroleum materials quickly ignited.

No immediate details were available on casualties, and authorities have yet to comment on the incident.

Cities across the Kurdistan Region have faced repeated rocket and drone attacks since the start of the US–Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, with strikes hitting the Harir military base, Erbil International Airport, and headquarters of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in northern Iraq. The Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), a US-based monitoring organization, reported more than 190 missile and drone attacks on the Region during that period.

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