Attacks on Kurdistan Region kill 8, wound 51 since war began

ERBIL — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and allied Iraqi armed groups have carried out 307 attacks on the Kurdistan Region since the regional war began Feb. 28, killing eight people and wounding 51, according to Community Peacemaker Teams – Iraqi Kurdistan, an American human rights organization.

Between March 7 and March 15 alone, the group recorded 111 attacks resulting in 36 casualties — four killed and 32 wounded. While the pace of attacks slowed compared to the first week of the conflict, when 196 strikes were recorded, casualties increased sharply. The first week produced 23 killed or wounded; the second produced 36, a 56.5 percent rise.

Erbil governorate bore the heaviest burden, recording 81 strikes in the past week and 243 total since the war began. Sulaymaniyah recorded 30 strikes last week and 56 overall. Duhok and Halabja reported no new attacks in the past week, with five and three total respectively since the start of the conflict.

Of the 111 attacks recorded in the second week, 76 involved one-way attack drones, 24 used missiles, 10 involved artillery fire and one involved direct gunfire, when IRGC forces opened fire toward the village of Qandol near Pshdar district. Among last week’s wounded, 13 were civilians. Other casualties included members of Iranian Kurdish armed groups, Peshmerga forces and security personnel.

The report documented strikes on diplomatic compounds, military bases, oil fields, refugee camps, government facilities and civilian areas. In the past week alone, 21 civilian homes were hit or damaged by drone debris or explosive remnants.

The organization warned that the continuation of attacks risks further civilian harm and called for an immediate halt, saying “indiscriminate bombardment of civilian areas, buildings and public spaces constitutes war crimes and must stop.”