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News card: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from Iran

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from Iran. File photo, March 2026, by Voice of America (public domain via Wikimedia Commons): a Komala fighter seen from behind, a rifle slung across his back, looking out over a valley in Iraq's Kurdistan Region; not from Oct 17. Key facts: Saturday Oct 17, 2026, at a Komala base in Balisan, Erbil province; two drones struck, one hitting the base and the other a guard post; a Komala official and a Kurdistan Region security source say they were launched from Iran; no casualties reported and buildings damaged, says Komala's Ali Ranjbari; Iran's semi-official Mehr agency also reported the drone strikes. Sources: Rudaw, Reuters, Iran International. exeindex.com/military. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-iq-komala-drones. @exeindex.
File, Mar 2026: a Komala fighter at a camp in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. not from Oct 17. File photo: Voice of America Kurdî (VOA), public domain via Wikimedia Commons (File:Peshmerga of the Komala of Iranian Kurdistan.png) · Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index

Oct 17: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base (Komala) in Erbil province, Iraq. A Komala official and a security source say they came from Iran. No casualties reported; buildings damaged.

What
News card: Two drones hit an Iranian Kurdish opposition base in Iraq's Erbil province; Komala says they came from Iran
Where
Middle East
When
2026-10-17
Source
Rudaw
Credit
File, Mar 2026: a Komala fighter at a camp in Iraq's Kurdistan Region. not from Oct 17. File photo: Voice of America Kurdî (VOA), public domain via Wikimedia Commons (File:Peshmerga of the Komala of Iranian Kurdistan.png)
License
Public domain (Wikimedia Commons); card CC BY 4.0 EXE Index
Details
Middle East, Iraq (IQ) / Iran (IR)

militaryIraq (IQ) / Iran (IR)Middle East

Sources and credit

  1. Rudaw
  2. Dispatch: the full record

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