Peshmerga Forces Foil Rocket Attack Targeting Erbil
ARK News.. Security forces in the Kurdistan Region thwarted a rocket attack targeting the city of Erbil after destroying a vehicle used by armed factions to launch rockets, according to a Kurdish media source.
The source told Kurdistan24 that at approximately 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Iraqi militias brought a vehicle equipped as a rocket-launch platform near the trenches of Peshmerga Forces along the Khazir frontline.
After the first rocket was launched toward Erbil, the vehicle’s location was identified at the foothills of Mount Zardak in the Khazir area.
The source said Peshmerga forces targeted the vehicle using heavy Dushka machine gun fire, destroying it at the site.
According to the report, a unit from the Iraqi Army arrived at the location on Thursday afternoon, March 5, 2026, and transported the wreckage of the vehicle along with the remaining rockets.
The source added that only one rocket had been launched, while Peshmerga forces succeeded in thwarting the plan and preventing the remaining rockets from being fired.
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