Peregraf — The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced that since February 28, the Kurdistan Region has been targeted by 809 drone and missile attacks linked to the US-Israel War on Iran, resulting in 20 deaths and 123 injuries.
In a statement, the KRG’s Department of Media and Information (DMI) asserted that the Region has been repeatedly targeted under what it characterized as "various and baseless pretexts," despite not being a party to the conflict.
The strikes have hit civilian areas, private property, and infrastructure, in addition to causing casualties among Peshmerga forces, civilians, security personnel, and members of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region.
According to the DMI statement, the Kurdistan Region ranks first among entities not directly involved in the war that are suffering the highest level of casualties and material damage.
“Despite the Kurdistan Region’s neutrality in the conflict, 809 attacks have been carried out against the area, resulting in 20 deaths and 123 injuries,” the statement claimed.
Breakdown by Province
According to official KRG records:
Erbil Province: 477 attacks (419 drones, 58 missiles); 10 deaths, 83 injuries
Sulaymaniyah and Halabja Provinces: 235 attacks (194 drones, 41 missiles); 3 deaths, 6 injuries
Duhok Province: 29 drone attacks; no casualties reported
Soran Independent Administration: 68 attacks (59 drones, 9 missiles); 7 deaths, 34 injuries
Total KRG Recorded Statistics:
Total Attacks: 809
Drone Attacks: 701
Missile Attacks: 108
Total Deaths: 20
Total Injuries:123
Peregraf Record of Fatal Attacks
At least 20 individuals—including Peshmerga personnel, members of Iranian Kurdish opposition parties, civilians, and security personnel—have reportedly been killed in Iranian drone and missile strikes, as well as operations by armed Iraqi groups, across the Kurdistan Region. Some of these casualties occurred following the two-week US-Iran ceasefire announced on April 8, which marked the 40th day of the war.
The continued strikes have raised questions regarding the effectiveness of the ceasefire, as the Kurdistan Region remains a heavily targeted zone despite claims of non-involvement in the direct conflict.
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.