{"id":274519,"date":"2026-09-02T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/274519\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:26:09","slug":"iran-guards-claim-us-bases-in-erbil-iraq-struck-with-missiles-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/274519\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Guards claim US bases in Erbil, Iraq, struck with missiles, drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFP<\/p>\n<p>2 Sep, 2026 07:58 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards say missiles and drones hit US bases in Erbil on Wednesday. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards say they struck US bases with missiles and drones in Erbil in Iraq\u2019s autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday, state media reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         The Guards said they \u201ccarried out a co-ordinated missile and drone attack on US bases in Erbil\u201d that destroyed a maintenance centre, warehouses and the \u201cguidance<br \/>\n         system of a US surveillance aerostat\u201d, according to a statement carried by state-run IRNA news agency.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">Since the start of the Middle East war, the northern Kurdistan region, where US-led anti-jihadist coalition troops are deployed, has been a target for attacks carried out by Iran or pro-Iran Iraqi armed groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">Iraqi Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said on Wednesday that \u201cthe coalition forces downed 10 explosive-laden drones in the airspace of Erbil province between 01.13 and 03.31am\u201d local time, without causing casualties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PLRONTue\" style=\"display:none\">An AFP journalist reported hearing explosions near Erbil\u2019s airport, which hosts coalition troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFP 2 Sep, 2026 07:58 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[14],"tags":[74973,615,16879,687,1111,721,595,34,4093,94,4095,362,689,712,398,5417,720,894,3889,11671,153,2863,3892],"class_list":["post-274519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iraq","tag-autonomous","tag-bases","tag-claim","tag-drones","tag-erbil","tag-guards","tag-in","tag-iran","tag-irans","tag-iraq","tag-iraqs","tag-kurdistan","tag-media","tag-missiles","tag-region","tag-reported","tag-revolutionary","tag-state","tag-struck","tag-they","tag-us","tag-wednesday","tag-with"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117200498472187877","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}