Four Yemeni workers were killed this Friday in a drone strike against a major gas complex in autonomous Kurdistan in northern Iraq, regional authorities announced.
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The unclaimed attack targeted the Khor Mor complex around 6:45 p.m. (3:45 p.m. UT), Ramak Ramadan, head of the Chamchamal district, where the site managed by Dana Gas, a firm is located, told AFP. of the United Arab Emirates. Assuring that “ the attackers will receive their just punishment “, the joint operations command launched a ” investigative committee » to determine the circumstances of the attack, described as “ sabotage » in a press release from the police.
In recent years, Khor Mor has been targeted several times by rocket fire that has never been claimed, but this is the first time that an attack of this kind has caused casualties. “ Four Yemeni workers were killed and the complex suffered significant damage, which will lead to power shortages », announced in a press release the spokesperson for the Kurdistan regional government, Peshawa Hawramani. “ These repeated attacks must stop “, he lambasted, calling the federal authorities of Iraq “ to find the perpetrators of this terrorist act and bring them to justice “.
Pro-Iranian armed factions singled out
The president of Autonomous KurdistanNechirvan Barzani, estimated in a press release that “ these attacks endanger the peace and stability of the country “. “ Relevant parties within the federal government must do their duty to prevent these attacks and find the perpetrators “, regardless of their affiliation, he stressed. In the past, Kurdish politicians have denounced sporadic attacks targeting the Khor Mor site, pointing the finger at pro-Iranian armed factions.
Friday’s strike resulted in ” a stop » of the gas supply to power plants, causing electricity production to fall by 2,500 Megawatts (MW), according to a press release from the local Ministry of Electricity. The teams are working to resume service, according to the same source.
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The gas field is located between the cities of Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah, in an area managed by the authorities of the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. At the end of January, two rockets targeted Khor Mor. At the time, pro-Iranian factions carried out dozens of rocket attacks or drone strikes, in Iraq and Syria, against soldiers of the international anti-jihadist coalition led by Washington.