Rockets Target Khor Mor Gas Field In Iraq's Kurdistan, Operations Not Affected
Date
10/13/2022 12:10:16 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) At least eight Katyusha rockets were fired at the Khor Mor gas
field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday, but the attack did
not result in casualties or affect the operations, sources said,
reports
citing .
The rockets fell in the vicinity of the field, security and
local Kurdish sources said. Khor Mor is in the Sulaimaniya region
of northern Iraq and was attacked previously.
The Pearl Consortium, United Arab Emirates energy firm Dana Gas
(DANA.AD) and its affiliate, Crescent Petroleum, have the rights to
exploit Khor Mor and Chemchemal, two of the biggest gas fields in
Iraq.
“The attack didn't result in any casualties, and operation is
normal within the field. Investigations are ongoing by security
forces at the moment,” Lawk Ghafuri, Head of Foreign Media Affairs
for the Kurdistan regional government said on Twitter.
A local commander from Hashid Shaabi, a state-run umbrella that
includes Shi'ite militias, said they found a rocket launcher with a
timer fixed on top of a mini-truck in a rural area around 20 km (15
miles) to the southwest of Khor Mor.
At least eight Katyusha rounds were fired from the launcher,
which carried 12 rockets. Four unfired rockets had been found
inside the launcher, said the local commander.
While no group has claimed responsibility for the previous
series of attacks on Khor Mor, Kurdish officials said publicly they
believed they were carried out by Iranian-backed militias.
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