Drone attack suspends production at Iraq’s Khor Mor gasfield

What the report says

A drone attack on the Khor Mor gasfield in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has suspended production and triggered a fire at the site, according to Al Jazeera’s report citing Iraqi and Kurdish officials. The strike, which occurred on Sunday night, disrupted a major energy source for the region and cut power across much of northern Iraq’s Kurdish area.

Officials said the attack stopped gas deliveries to power plants in Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok. The loss reportedly took between 2,500 and 2,800 megawatts of electricity generation off the grid, leaving more than 70 percent of the Kurdish region without power. Kurdish authorities said they would try to keep electricity flowing to critical services such as hospitals and water treatment facilities using hydroelectric stations and other alternative-fuel plants.

The responsibility for the attack was not immediately clear, and the report said it was unknown whether it was linked to wider regional conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi said an initial assessment found no casualties and ordered a joint investigative committee with Kurdish authorities. Al Jazeera also noted that a similar drone strike hit the same facility last year, underscoring the vulnerability of Iraq’s energy infrastructure amid ongoing regional tensions.