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Drone Bomb Crashes in Erbil’s Makhmur District Without Explosion

AM:11:58:30/07/2025

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) anti-terror unit reported on Wednesday that a drone bomb crashed near the village of Dugirdkani in Makhmur district, located in Erbil province. Fortunately, the drone did not detonate upon impact.

The crash comes amid a series of drone attacks targeting oil fields across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in recent weeks. Authorities have not yet confirmed the origin of the drone or whether it was linked to the previous attacks.

Security forces are currently investigating the scene and assessing potential threats. The incident has raised renewed concerns about the increasing use of drones in attacks across the region.