Drone Strike on Iraq's Khor Mor Gas Field Plunges Most of Kurdistan Into Darkness as No One Claims It

A joint statement from the region's natural resources and electricity ministries called it a terrorist attack. The prime minister ordered a joint investigative committee with the Kurdish authorities to establish what happened.

How much power has Kurdistan lost?

Omid Ahmed, spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government's electricity ministry, said the strike removed between 2,500 and 2,800 megawatts of generation from the grid and suspended the gas supply to power plants in Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, Bazian, Chamchamal and Duhok. Security sources put the cut to grid capacity at 70 to 80 percent. InvestingLive described it as about two thirds of the region's supply.

The ministry said it is using hydroelectric stations, including those at the Dokan and Darbandikhan dams, and plants that can run on other fuels to keep hospitals, water treatment plants and other critical sites supplied. For households, a November blackout means cold nights, and for the region's businesses a sudden loss of the power they rely on.

Who is behind the Khor Mor attack?

That is not known. No group has claimed responsibility, and Al Jazeera said it was unclear whether the strike was connected to the war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other. Some market commentary described it as a suspected Iranian drone strike, but that attribution rests on early reports, and neither Tehran nor any militia has acknowledged it. The field has been hit before: Al Jazeera notes a drone strike hit the same facility last year with no group claiming it, and The New Arab says Dana Gas shut its main production facilities in July 2026 after credible security threats, then restarted later that month.

Oil traders were already watching the Gulf, with Brent near $98 in Asian trading on Monday. What happens to Khor Mor next depends on the investigation, on how fast the damaged tank can be isolated and repaired, and on whether the diplomacy in Doha and Washington can hold the region's drones on the ground. At the time of writing, no restart date had been announced.