...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
gang grabbed credit for the attack amid ongoing strikes by Iran and its allied groups on positions they claim host US assets.
Rudaw’s news hound on the ground, Peshawa Bakhtiar, reported that a drone was destroyed in the city’s skies before it could reach its intended target. According to available information, the incident caused no casualties. According to preliminary information, gunfire was heard near a headquarter of local security forces.
Shortly after the incident, the Iraqi pro-Iran gang Saraya Awliya al-Dam, one of the factions within the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq, issued a statement saying that its fighters "carried out an attack via an unmanned aerial vehicle and hit a sensitive target in Sulaimani."
Footage shows heavy gunfire as defenses intercept a projectile over the Kurdistan Region’s city of Sulaimani at dawn on Saturday.
The group said in its statement that the attack was carried out in retaliation for the killing of "Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
" and also in response to strikes that caused the deaths of a number of Iraqi fighters.
Footage shows heavy gunfire as defenses intercept a projectile over the Kurdistan Region’s city of Sulaimani at dawn on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/tvTsxNaWPO
— Rudaw English (@RudawEnglish) March 7, 2026
Late Friday night, debris from a drone struck the upscale Arjaan Rotana hotel in Erbil, with footage showing smoke rising from the building adjacent to the Sky Towers residential compound northwest of the city.
In a statement on Facebook, the Erbil-based Counter-Terrorism Directorate (CTD) reported that at 22:41 local time on Friday, forces from the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
(ISIS) "intercepted and shot down four suicide drones in the skies over Erbil."
Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
Erbil Governor Omed Xoshnaw told Rudaw that the drone fell near the Rotana Arjaan Hotel and the Sky Tower residential compound northwest of the city, noting that the drones were "destroyed" before impact.
The pro-Iran gang Ashab al-Kahf grabbed credit for the attack.
Drone, missile attacks hit Erbil, Sulaimani sites, kill two
[Rudaw] Drone and missile attacks targeting sites in the Kurdistan Region’s Erbil and Sulaimani provinces late Saturday and early Sunday killed two people and wounded others, authorities said.
The attacks targeted multiple locations, including Erbil International Airport, the Peshmerga Unit 70 Command in Sulaimani, the United Nations office, the Turkish consulate in the city, and a camp belonging to the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan.
Iran-aligned Iraqi armed groups that identify themselves as part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have claimed responsibility for attacks on the Kurdistan Region since the start of the conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel last week, saying they are striking US-linked positions. However, the attacks have also affected civilian infrastructure across the Region.
ERBIL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Throughout Saturday, several drones were directed toward Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region. Most of them were intercepted by air defense systems.
One of the incidents resulted in the death of an Erbil International Airport security employee and the wounding of three others.
“The defense system worked, but a piece of one of those destroyed drones fell near the security personnel rest area, causing the martyrdom of an airport security employee,” Erbil Governor Omed Xoshnaw told Rudaw.
Debris from one of the destroyed drones also fell in a warehouse in Erbil’s northwestern Gazna village, sparking a fire.
PESHMERGA UNIT 70 COMMAND - SULAIMANI
Several drones targeted the Peshmerga Unit 70 Command, affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), in Sulaimani.
According to a statement from the Kurdistan Region Security Agency, the command was targeted twice in succession with four drones late Saturday night and early Sunday.
The statement said that security teams arrived at the sites immediately and launched an investigation, adding that “the attacks resulted in no human casualties.”
Earlier on Saturday morning, the same site was also targeted by a drone, but the drone was shot down before reaching its target. The agency said, “Investigation into the incident continues.”
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AND TURKISH CONSULATE - SULAIMANI
Two additional drones targeted areas near the United Nations headquarters and the Turkish consulate in Sulaimani city.
The Kurdistan Region Security Agency said “the attacks caused no human casualties.”
KOMALA CAMP - ZARGWEZALA VILLAGE
Separately, a camp belonging to the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan in Zargwezala village, south of Sulaimani city, was struck by missiles Saturday night.
A member of the party’s central committee told Rudaw that the attack involved three missiles.
The strike killed one Komala Peshmerga and wounded another.