An Iraqi official announced on Sunday that at least two people were killed and two others were wounded in a drone strike attributed to Turkish forces, which targeted a mountainous area in the autonomous northern Iraqi Kurdistan region.

The bombing, which took place late on Saturday evening near the town of Penjwin, near the Iranian border, targeted a car carrying fighters from the Turkish Kurdish Kurdistan Workers Party, according to a local official who asked not to be named.

For decades, fighting has spread to northern Iraq between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and its Western allies classify as a "terrorist" organization, and the two sides establish military sites or rear bases in the Iraqi region.

For his part, Haval Abu Bakr, the governor of Sulaymaniyah, where Penguin is located, in a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, expressed his "concern" about the "attacks" targeting this region.

"According to preliminary investigations, two people were killed and two others were wounded as a result of these attacks," a statement reported on social media quoted the governor as saying, without revealing the identity of the victims or their possible affiliation with the PKK.

Abu Bakr expressed his hope that these attacks would end so that the area would remain safe, especially for farmers, according to the statement.

The local official stated that "the victims are members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party," which is frequently targeted in Iraq by air and ground operations by Turkish forces.

On April 7, drone strikes attributed to Turkey targeted a site near Sulaymaniyah International Airport, the second city in the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq, in conjunction with the presence of American soldiers and the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The Turkish Ministry of Defense denied any responsibility for the bombing.

Turkey considers the Syrian Democratic Forces, whose main component is the People's Protection Units, an extension of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and describes it as "terrorist".

In July 2022, artillery strikes attributed to Ankara targeted an entertainment area in Iraqi Kurdistan, killing nine civilians, including women and children. Türkiye denied any responsibility for the bombing and blamed the PKK.