Bomb-laden drone crashes in northern Iraq
The incident reportedly occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time, according to the statement. The directorate affirmed that the drone had explosives but did not cause any damage or deaths.
The assault followed a string of similar drone attacks in recent weeks that targeted oil facilities and other important sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Iraq's National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji, accompanied by senior security officials, arrived in the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Erbil, on Monday to look into a series of drone and missile attacks that recently targeted several sites in northern Iraq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani formed a commission to investigate the attacks, but the results have not been made available to the public.
Last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio emphasized the necessity of holding responsible those involved in the recent attacks on Iraq's energy infrastructure.
Rubio also emphasized the need to take measures to prevent future attacks, according to a statement released by the US Department of State.
Spokesperson of the US State Department Tammy Bruce said in a press briefing on Thursday that the US firmly opposes the drone assaults, which have been targeting oil sites in the Kurdistan region of Iraq since July 14.
These attacks threaten Iraq's stability and economic future, according to Bruce.
Multiple incidents of mysterious drone attacks on energy infrastructure in recent weeks have sparked domestic and international alarm about the emergence of security tensions, which might harm the Iraqi economy and reconstruction efforts.
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