Peregraf Records 20 Deaths in Drone and Missile Strikes Across Kurdistan Region, Some After Ceasefire
Peregraf — At least 20 people, including Peshmerga personnel, members of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties, civilians, and security personnel, have been killed in Iranian drone and missile attacks, as well as strikes by Iran-backed Iraqi militias, across the Kurdistan Region, according to data compiled by Peregraf Media.
Around 100 others have been wounded in the attacks, some of them after the two-week U.S.–Iran ceasefire announced on April 8, marking the 40th day of the war.
In a statement posted on X on April 18, Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), condemned the recent attacks, saying the Kurdistan Region continues to be targeted despite not being part of the wider U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
“We strongly condemn the ongoing drone attacks against the Kurdistan Region over the last several days. Although we have not been part of the conflict, we continue to come under attack,” Barzani said.
He called on the Iraqi federal government to take practical steps to stop the attacks and prevent further escalation, while also urging international partners to provide the necessary equipment to protect the Kurdistan Region, including civilian areas and critical energy infrastructure.
Peregraf Record of Fatal Attacks
On April 17, Iranian drone and missile strikes on camps and Peshmerga units of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan killed two Peshmerga fighters, Nada Miri and Samira Allahyari, along with Shahin Azarbarzin, the son of a Peshmerga, in Erbil.
On April 14, Ghazal Mevlan Chaparabad, originally from Mahabad and a member of Komala, died from injuries sustained in a drone strike targeting the group’s headquarters in Surdash, within the Dukan district of Sulaymaniyah.
On April 7, Waisi Akhir, a Kurdistan Region Peshmerga member, died after several days in hospital following injuries from a missile strike on a military headquarters in Soran on March 24.
Also on April 7, Musa Anwar Rasul and his wife, Mujda Asaad Hasan, were killed when an explosive-laden drone struck their home in the village of Zargazawi, in the Darashakran sub-district of Erbil Governorate.
On March 24, six Peshmerga fighters — Rebar Abdullah, Zikri Bekhshashi, Amin Adel, Shahab Bekhshashi, Kaywan Muzaffar, and Pshtiwan Mela Musa — were killed and 30 others wounded in a ballistic missile strike targeting positions in the Soran district of Erbil Province.
Earlier, on March 13, Iqbal Salihi from Saqqez and Fakhredin Muradi from Sanandaj, both fighters with the Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle, were killed in a drone strike on positions in the Bashik highlands of Erbil Province.
On March 12, Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion, a French soldier deployed to Iraq, was killed when drones targeted a joint Peshmerga-French military base in the Makhmur area.
In Sulaymaniyah Province, Omid Weisi, known by the field name Omid Rwanser and a fighter with the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan, was killed in drone and missile strikes on the village of Zirgwezala on March 11.
A separate strike on March 7 in the same village killed Ismail Rahimi, known as Hawri Ziyadri, a member of Komala – Revolutionary Organization of Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan.
Also on March 7, Wlat Tahir, a member of the Asayish stationed at Erbil International Airport, was killed during a wave of drone attacks targeting the city.
Earlier in the escalation, on March 4, Jalal Rashidi, a fighter with the Kurdistan Freedom Party, was killed in a missile strike targeting party bases near Degala, southeast of Erbil.
In addition to the fatalities, nearly 100 people have been wounded, including members of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, KRG security personnel, civilians, and French troops.