{"id":136471,"date":"2026-03-29T07:16:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=136471"},"modified":"2026-03-29T07:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:16:59","slug":"barzani-says-residence-targeted-5-times-after-drone-downed-near-erbil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/136471\/","title":{"rendered":"Barzani says residence targeted 5 times after drone downed near Erbil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) \u2013<\/strong> Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said on Sunday that his residence had been targeted five times in recent months, adding that he had \u201cremained silent to avoid causing concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday night, security sources told Reuters that air defenses shot down a drone near Barzani\u2019s residence in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Barzani, who heads the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said the KRI \u201chas never been part of the conflicts, tensions, and wars witnessed in the region,\u201d but accused unnamed groups of persistently targeting the region and the Peshmerga forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese kinds of attacks are a clear act of hostility, grave injustice, and a blatant violation against the Kurdistan Region, and serious and decisive measures must be taken to stop them,\u201d Barzani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called on Iraqi authorities either to declare their inability to restrain \u201coutlaw groups\u201d or to intervene seriously to protect the state and prevent further \u201cunjustified attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier on Saturday, the house of Nechirvan Barzani, President of the KRI, was also targeted in the city of Duhok, according to local reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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