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Prairie Gates

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Fri Mar 6, 2026, 04:01 PM 15 hrs ago

Hotel in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) hit by drone(s) - US Ambassador to Iraq confirms

Link to RAI Italia story

Kurdistan iracheno: drone su Hotel Erbil
Un drone ha preso di mira l'hotel Erbil Arjaan by Rotana nella regione del Kurdistan iracheno venerdì, hanno riferito fonti di sicurezza. L'ambasciata statunitense a Baghdad ha affermato venerdì che gruppi di milizie allineate con l'Iran potrebbero cercare di prendere di mira gli hotel frequentati da stranieri nella regione del Kurdistan iracheno, secondo un post su X.


Translation: Iraqi Kurdistan: Drone hits Erbil Hotel
A drone targeted the Erbil hotel Arjaan by Rotana in the Kurdistan region of Iraq Friday, security sources confirmed. The US Ambassador in Baghdad confirmed Friday that groups of militants trained by Iran could have sought to target the hotel frequented by foreigners in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan, according to a post on X.

(A previous story reported explosions - plural - at the hotel).

Let's hope they weren't housing US military personnel there. It's odd to me, anyway, that the US Ambassador is commenting on this, though.
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Hotel in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) hit by drone(s) - US Ambassador to Iraq confirms (Original Post) Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago OP
The RAI update is taken directly from a Reuters filing, by the way Prairie Gates 15 hrs ago #1
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