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A husband and wife were killed when a drone attacked a house in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, authorities said.
The region's counter-terrorism service criticised the attack, in Zargazawi village, in the northern Erbil province, as “a violation of international law” and a “war crime”.
Erbil's governor, Omed Khosnaw, told local media that three drones struck the area, which has no known military presence.
The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Peshmerga blamed Iran, saying the drone strike coincided with an attack on a Peshmerga base in the Raperin area with two explosive drones.
“We hold the Islamic Republic of Iran and armed groups outside the law in Iraq directly responsible for these attacks,” the ministry said.
It described them as part of a “systematic campaign” against Peshmerga forces and populated areas
The ministry has called on Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces, to “fulfil his constitutional and security duties, taking urgent action to end such attacks”.
There was no immediate comment from Iran or its proxies in Iraq.
The region's Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, said he was “deeply saddened” by the attack and identified one of the victims as a Peshmerga member.
“I condemn this heinous crime in the strongest terms and denounce its perpetrators,” Mr Barzani said in a statement.
“The targeting of civilians and civilian homes is a war crime.”
Mr Barzani said that he would seek the international community's help to “end the oppression and the unjustified attacks” against the people of Kurdistan.
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara denounced the “assaults” on Iraqi Kurdistan during a phone call with the region's President Nechirvan Barzani.
The two leaders also discussed relations between Damascus and Baghdad, as well as the situation of Kurds in Syria, the Kurdistan regional presidency said.
Since the start of the Iran war on February 28, Iran-backed groups have claimed responsibility for hundreds of attacks. They have vowed to support Tehran and avenge the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Drone and rocket attacks have been carried out on the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, a logistics hub at Baghdad International Airport used by US military personnel, Harir Air Base, which houses American troops, and the US consulate in Erbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region. They have also claimed attacks against US troops in Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
The US has also launched strikes against Iraqi militias and security personnel, including the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), with more than 100 fighters killed and about 300 injured since the outbreak of the conflict.
The latest was at dawn on Tuesday on a PMF base in Al Qaim, close to the border with Syria. At least one fighter was killed, the PMF said, blaming the US and Israel.
