Authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region have confirmed that oil production at a field operated by US-based energy company HKN Energy has been suspended following a drone attack.
According to Kurdish officials, the incident occurred in the Sarsang oil field located in Dohuk province, where the facility sustained damage that forced a halt in production.
A security source told AFP that the attack was carried out using two drones, which struck the site a day earlier.
In a statement, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Ministry of Natural Resources condemned the incident, saying: “Yesterday, an outlaw group in Iraq launched a terrorist attack on the HKN oil field in the Sarsang area,” adding that the assault caused damage to the facility and disrupted operations.
The autonomous Kurdistan region has increasingly been drawn into the broader conflict affecting the Middle East, particularly through a series of drone attacks targeting US military bases and Western interests in the region.
Several Iran-backed armed groups operating under the banner of the “Islamic Resistance in Iraq” have claimed responsibility for frequent drone strikes against American military installations.
Drones have also been repeatedly intercepted over Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, which hosts troops from the US-led international coalition and houses one of the largest US consulate complexes in the Middle East.
Earlier this week, a source within an oil company operating in Kurdistan revealed that several foreign oil firms had temporarily suspended production activities as a precautionary measure amid escalating security concerns.
Growing Regional Tensions
The attack comes amid escalating tensions across the Middle East, where the conflict involving Iran and Israel has triggered security concerns across neighbouring countries.
In Lebanon, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam warned that a “humanitarian disaster is looming” as Israeli evacuation orders continue to trigger large-scale displacement of civilians.
Residents in the southern suburbs of Beirut and across southern Lebanon—areas known to be strongholds of Hezbollah—have fled in large numbers following what observers describe as some of the most extensive evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military in recent times.
The developments underscore the widening regional impact of the ongoing conflict, with economic infrastructure, energy supplies, and civilian populations increasingly affected.
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