Shafaq News- Erbil

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday condemned the overnight drone strike on a civilian home in Zargazawi village on the outskirts of Erbil province, which killed a married couple, as “a terrorist act.”

On X, Barzani stressed that “such incidents are unacceptable” and urged Baghdad to fulfill its responsibilities by preventing further attacks and ensuring accountability, while calling for stronger measures to protect civilians in the Region.

Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani also described the targeting of civilians and private property as a “war crime,” calling on the international community to end “unjustified aggression against Kurdish civilians.”

Since Feb. 28, when US and Israeli strikes targeted Iran, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has faced a wave of incidents affecting diplomatic facilities, sites linked to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, Peshmerga-affiliated positions, oil fields, communication networks, residential areas, and public infrastructure. The US-based Community Peacemaker Teams documented 474 cases, including 179 attributed to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and 295 to Iran-aligned groups, resulting in at least 14 deaths and 93 injuries.

Erbil alone has recorded more than 500 drone incidents since tensions escalated, according to Governor Omed Khoshnaw.

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