Shafaq News- Erbil

Three explosions were heard near the US Consulate in Erbil on Friday, a security source told Shafaq News, hours after a drone strike targeted a hotel in the Kurdish capital.

The source said the blasts occurred close to the consulate compound, though the nature of the explosions was not immediately confirmed.

Earlier today, a drone struck the Arjaan Rotana hotel on 100-meter Street in central Erbil,

The incidents came shortly after the US Embassy in Baghdad warned that Iran-aligned groups could target hotels hosting foreigners in the Kurdistan Region, urging American citizens to consider leaving Iraq as soon as it is safe to do so.