Hadid-110 explosive drones during a launch exercise
Drones strike grain warehouse in Erbil governorate, says counter-terror directorate
ERBIL — Two explosive-laden drones struck a grain storage facility in Qushtapa district of Erbil governorate Thursday, causing extensive material damage but no casualties, the Kurdistan Region’s Counter-Terrorism Directorate said.
The directorate said two Hadid-110 drones hit the warehouse at 12:55 p.m.
No group immediately claimed responsibility.
“We strongly condemn these terrorist attacks that target civilian locations,” the directorate said.
The Hadid-110 is an Iranian-designed one-way attack drone that carries an explosive payload and strikes its target directly.
A recent report by Community Peacemaker Teams-Iraqi Kurdistan documented 751 attacks between Feb. 28 and May 28, attributing 298 to Iranian forces and 453 to Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups. Erbil governorate recorded 588 of those attacks, more than three-quarters of all documented incidents. Drone strikes accounted for the majority, with 589 involving explosive-laden unmanned aircraft. Civilian infrastructure, residential areas, oil fields, refineries, telecommunications facilities and Kurdish security sites were among the targets.