In Major Escalation, Drones Target Key Kurdish Power Base Near Irbil

FILE — Iraqi-Kurdish Peshmerga officers in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region. Officials confirmed that two "suicide drone" attacks by suspected Iran-backed Shiite militants late Saturday hit the key headquarters of Peshmerga forces in Irbil. 

In a significant escalation of aggression toward the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, local officials confirmed that two "suicide drone" attacks by suspected Iran-backed Shiite militants late Saturday hit the key headquarters of Peshmerga forces in Pirmam, Irbil.