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Four Drones Shot Down Over Erbil In Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

07/03/2026 01:44 PM

BAGHDAD, March 7 (Bernama-WAM) -- The Counter-Terrorism Service in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region announced Friday that four drones were shot down over the city of Erbil, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported.

In a statement, the agency said coalition forces intercepted the four drones in the airspace of the regional capital, Erbil, noting that debris from one of the drones fell in a square near a hotel without causing any casualties or material damage.

Earlier today, Iraqi authorities announced that two drones had been shot down outside a vital facility in Basra in southern Iraq, without specifying the nature of the targeted site.

-- BERNAMA-WAM


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