UAE's foreign ministry condemned a drone attack on its consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil, it said in a statement early on Tuesday.
Smoke and flames rise following a drone attack on the UAE consulate in Erbil, Iraq in this screengrab obtained from social media March 9, 2026. SOCIAL MEDIA/via Reuters
UAE's foreign ministry condemned a drone attack on its consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan's Erbil, it said in a statement early on Tuesday.
Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said late on Monday that it had downed three drones in Erbil, with debris from one of the drones falling near the UAE consulate. It said no casualties were reported.
Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Muayad Hameed
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