Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Al-Monitor)

A drone struck the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region late on Nov. 8, interrupting gas to regional power plants, Kurdish authorities said^9,10.

The regional natural resources and electricity authorities said the field came under attack at 11 p.m. local time, and electricity spokesman Omed Ahmed said the gas supply was halted^9,10.

A Kurdish security source told AFP that an explosive-laden drone hit the site, and two security sources told Arab News that smoke rose from the field in Sulaymaniyah Governorate^9,10,13.

An engineer at the field said a gas storage facility was hit¹³. Middle East Eye said the electricity ministry put lost generation at nearly 2.8 gigawatts⁸. Al Jazeera quoted Ahmed putting the loss at 2,500 to 2,800 megawatts¹¹.

Al Jazeera reported that Iraqi and Kurdish officials said the strike caused a fire and cut power, and that correspondent Peter Smith in Baghdad cited security sources putting grid capacity down 70 to 80 percent^11,12.

Al-Monitor reported that the operator said output was suspended after a drone attack⁵. Al Jazeera's analysis said the field has been hit many times with drones and missiles².

There was no immediate claim of responsibility^9,10. Kurdish officials have previously blamed Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups for similar strikes on energy sites^9,10.

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has said armed factions should hand weapons to the state, Arab News and SCMP reported, without tying that policy to a confirmed perpetrator in this case^9,10. Al Jazeera, citing INA, said al-Zaidi reported no casualties in an initial assessment and ordered a joint investigation¹¹.

The National published a Nov. 11 follow-up whose headline said a Kurdish minister rebutted claims about the attack; the article itself was not readable without registration, so those comments are not quoted here¹.