“Kormor attack”: The Iraqi government forms an investigative committee with support from the international coalition to uncover the perpetrators.
“Kormor attack”: The Iraqi government forms an investigative committee with support from the international coalition to uncover the perpetrators.
2025-11-27 04:55
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of the current caretaker government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, decided to form a high-level investigative committee regarding the attack that targeted the Kormor gas field in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, which led to a significant decline in the supply of electricity in the Kurdistan Region.
Sabah al-Nu’man, spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, said in a statement that al-Sudani “chaired an emergency meeting attended by the Ministers of Defense and Interior, and the heads of the security services to assess the repercussions of this cowardly act.”
He added that Al-Sudani “directed the formation of a high-level investigative committee headed by the Minister of Interior, with the membership of: the head of the National Intelligence Service, and the Minister of Interior in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, with support from the international coalition.”
The Prime Minister also directed the formation of a “technical committee comprising the relevant authorities in the Joint Operations Command to investigate this act, uncover those involved in it and the parties that support them, and hold them accountable in accordance with the law.”
Last night, the Kormor gas field in the Chamchamal district was attacked by “drones,” which led to a fire breaking out in one of the fields, without any human casualties, while the field suffered material damage, according to security sources.
The incident resulted in a halt to gas supplies to power generation plants, according to the Ministries of Natural Resources and Electricity in the Kurdistan Region.
The attack comes days after unidentified drones approached the area, triggering an alert within the field, while technical and investigative teams are currently on site to monitor the situation and restore it to normal.
Earlier this morning, the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted the Kormor gas field.
President Nechirvan Barzani said in a statement today that “this attack targets the economic infrastructure and public services in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, and poses a direct threat to the security and stability of the country.”
He stressed that “it is the duty and responsibility of the Iraqi federal government and the relevant security institutions to make serious efforts as soon as possible and to take the necessary and effective measures to investigate this crime, punish its perpetrators, and prevent its recurrence.”
Earlier today, caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani described the attack on the Kormor gas field as “an attack on all of Iraq.”
This came during a phone call he made with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, according to what was announced in a statement by the regional government.
The statement said that “during the phone call, the Federal Prime Minister condemned and denounced in the strongest terms the attack that targeted the Kormor gas field, considering it an attack on all of Iraq.”
The statement indicated that “it was decided to form a joint investigation committee that will begin its work as soon as possible, to uncover the perpetrators, arrest them and bring them to justice.”
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