### [2026-07-15](/feed/2026/07/15/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# The Directorate General of Counter Terrorism (CTD) of the Kurdistan Region Security Council reports that international coalition forces have intercepted seven drones in Erbil in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 




### Sources:

1. [Kurdistan24](https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/926044)

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