Drone Attack on US Military Base in Erbil, Iraq

At the same time as the drone attack on the Rumaila oil field in Basra in southern Iraq, the US military base near Erbil airport in the Kurdistan Region was targeted by two drones.

News ID: 87515

Date: 06 March 2026 - 22:13

TEHRAN (Defapress) - According to Al-Mayadeen, Reuters news agency, citing Iraqi security sources, announced that two drones attacked a US military base near Erbil airport in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Al-Mayadeen correspondent also reported: The sound of two explosions was heard near the border of Erbil and Dohok in Iraqi Kurdistan.

He also reported an attack on a military base in the Nineveh Plains, and an explosion was heard in Al Qayyarah, south of Mosul, in northern Iraq.

In other news, an explosion was heard after a drone attack on the Rumaila oil field, which is run by a UK company in Basra in southern Iraq.

Reuters also reported, citing informed sources: Italian oil company Eni has begun evacuating foreigners from the Al-Zubair oil field in Basra.