Kanal13Iran has launched a Shaheed-136 drone strike at an ammunition depot at a US military base in Erbil in northern Iraq. Video released online shows secondary detonations, massive fire and columns of smoke in the area. There are no reports about casualties or extent of the damage. Iranian media confirmed striking the Erbil International Airport, which hosts the American garrison. The United States has maintained a presence in Iraq’s Kurdistan and is planning to withdraw from the country. United States Central Command has not commented on the strike as of press time.
The incident comes amid Iran’s unprecedented strikes on US military bases and allies across the Middle East, including in Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Iran’s attacks are in retaliation to joint US and Israeli strikes across Iran since early hours of Saturday. Tehran vowed to step up strikes after the killing of Ali Khamenei and several members of his senior leadership. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli strikes on his compound in Tehran on Saturday. Iran’s Defense Minister, Aziz Nasirzadeh; Hossein Jabal Amelian, who chaired an organization that advanced projects related to nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; and Reza Mozaffari-Nia, who previously chaired the same organization, are among the killed senior Iranian officials. US and Israeli strikes against Iran continued for a second day on Sunday.
