Drone strikes hit an airport and oil facilities in southern Iraq. In\nthe north, the attacks targeted militant groups. AFP reported on Friday,\n6 March 2026, that a Basra provincial official said a drone fell near\nthe airport. \u2018A drone fell onto the cargo terminal at Basra Airport,\u2019\nthe security official told AFP. The official added that two other drones\nstruck a US company at the Burjesia oil complex. A fourth drone hit the\nRumaila oil field, where BP operates. The origin of the drone attacks\nwas not known.<\/p>\n
Iraq, long a battleground in the proxy war between the US and Iran,\nsays it does not want to be drawn into the wider Middle East conflict\nbut cannot avoid its effects. The country has been drawn into the\nconflict since the early days, with attacks attributed to the United\nStates and Israel targeting Iran-backed groups in Iraq. These groups\nhave sworn not to remain neutral and have claimed attacks on US bases in\nthe country. The Kurdistan region in the north, which hosts US troops,\nhas been a major target. Explosions were heard today near the airport in\nErbil, the capital of Kurdistan, where drones have repeatedly been\nintercepted.<\/p>\n
The Kurdistan Regional Government said that oil production at the oil\nfields operated by the US-listed HKN Energy halted after an attack the\nprevious day in Dohuk province. It said the attacks were launched from\nareas of federal Iraq, and urged Baghdad to prevent similar strikes\nagainst civilians, economic infrastructure, and the oil and gas sector\nin the north.<\/p>\n
A security source told AFP that the attack involved two drones.\nIraq\u2019s Kurdistan also hosts camps and supply bases used by several\nIranian Kurdish rebel groups, which have repeatedly been attacked by\nIran since the early days of the conflict. Tehran warned on Friday that\nit would target all facilities in the region if Iranian Kurdish\nmilitants were allowed to enter Iran. So far, no forces have entered\nIran, according to several sources from the opposition cited by AFP on\nThursday. Today, a new attack hit Iranian Kurdish militants, said a\nKurdistan Democratic Party of Iran exile official. \u2018Our bases were\nattacked by the enemy, Iran,\u2019 the PDKI official told AFP. The Iranian\nKurds have hopes that a war could weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran\nand perhaps even pave the way for an alliance with the United\nStates.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/drone-strikes-hit-iraqi-airport-and-us-oil-facilities-1772819630", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }