ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Erbil Governor Omed Xoshnaw said on Thursday that the reported drone attack on an Italian base in Erbil was actually debris from an intercepted drone that fell near the base.

As the US-Israeli war against Iran enters its tenth day, armed groups in Iraq are continuing to launch strikes on US installations.

A French soldier was killed in an attack in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, confirming the first French military death in the Middle East war. Macron has insisted that his country's stance in the Middle East war is "strictly defensive".

The Italian base in the Kurdistan Region was struck by a missile in an overnight attack, Rome’s defense minister reported Thursday, noting that there were no casualties.

The frequency of attacks by Iran-backed groups is extremely high - residents in Erbil hear booms almost hourly,' said Iraq political analyst Lawk Ghafuri.

An attack on an Italian base in Iraqi Kurdistan caused damage but no injuries, Italian authorities said Thursday. "It hit the Italian base and caused some damage to the base's infrastructure and equipment",

Erbil and most cities across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were plunged once again into complete darkness on Saturday evening after the Kormor gas field halted the supply of gas to power stations

According to Italian officials, they do not know who carried out the airstrike on their Erbil base, which occurred amid escalating regional tensions in the Gulf, with a US-Israel attack on Iran on February 28.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A coordinated drone attack targeted the Kurdish capital Erbil late Friday but was intercepted by US-led coalition forces, the Kurdistan Region’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTG) reported,