A drone attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor gasfield has forced the facility to suspend operations, cutting off power across much of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, according to media reports.

The attack was staged on Wednesday night at about 11:30pm local time (20:30 GMT), the Reuters news agency reported. It hit several gas storage tanks, resulting in an explosion and large fire that injured several workers, the agency said.

No casualties have been reported.

The focus of the attack appeared to be a disruption to the region’s “security and economic stability”, according to the Joint Operations Command, Iraq’s central military command.

According to local officials, 8 percent of the regional power grid has been affected, resulting in power cuts across the semi-autonomous region.

The Khor Mo

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