Drone attack on Iraq's Khor Mor gas field
A drone attack has been carried out on the Khor Mor field, one of Iraq's most important natural gas fields, in a strike that threatens the region's power supply.
The field lies in Sulaymaniyah province, in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. The region's security forces confirmed that the site had been attacked.
The strike threatens serious consequences for electricity supplies in the area. Following the attack, the Iraqi ministry warned that power generation could be affected to the extent of nearly 2.8 gigawatts.
No organisation has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. Investigations into the incident are continuing.
Officials have yet to say who they believe was behind the strike or to give a full account of the damage the field's facilities sustained, and it remains unclear when normal operations at the site will resume.
