Скачать или смотреть Civilians in Irbil caught in crossfire of Iran war as fallen drones damage their homes

(5 Mar 2026)
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Irbil, Iraq – 04 March 2026
1. Kurdish security forces examine fallen drone in Irbil ++NIGHT SHOT++
2. People standing in front of damaged houses in Irbil
3. Various of shrapnel marks on wall caused by fallen drone
4. Broken windows and damaged stove in kitchen
5. Various of woman clearing her sink basin from broken glasses in the kitchen
6. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Hawkar Hadi, resident of damaged house in Irbil:
“Honestly, it is hard feeling. I mean it is not about the financial aspect of it, but it is about the fact that you go for a journey and come back to see this disaster. That you are being a victim of a catastrophic incident. This war that we have nothing to do with it. We are not responsible for it, we are not a part of it, and we were not the cause of it. We just pay the price for something we didn’t do.”
7. Various of woman sweeping away glasses from her house entry door
8. Various of damaged living room and kitchen
9. Damaged car parked outside
10. Man holding pieces of drone shrapnel
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ahmed Jawdat, resident of damaged house in Irbil:
“So, when it first happened like I just looked over and I just saw glass in our windows broken and I go outside to our living room, and I just see that all the windows are broken. I hear like yelling outside. So, I go outside and I see just like a bunch of people, later I found out that there was a drone right there and it was caught in the power lines. So, that’s why the explosion wasn’t as bad as it could’ve been. It could’ve been worse.”
12. People standing inside the garage of damaged house
13. Shrapnel marks on asphalt outside
14. Various of damaged bed inside house
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ibrahim Jawdat, resident of damaged house in Irbil:
“So, I woke up around 2:45 am to one of the loudest bangs I ‘ve ever heard in my life. It was an explosion, and so I quickly jumped up and I see that all my windows are broken, and so then, I go outside and I see a bunch of people, like 20 to 30 men, soldiers, who were just looking for something. I don’t know what it is. I think they were looking for the drone.”
16. Pan of damaged entry gate of house
17. Various of broken windows in house
18. Shrapnel and damaged glass on ground
STORYLINE:
Residents of Irbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq, are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of the war in the Middle East triggered by the attacks launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran.

Locals woke up overnight Wednesday to explosions from drones and missiles, shattering windows of various houses and causing significant damage to propoerties.

Ibrahim Jawdat said he "woke up around 2:45 a.m. to one of the loudest bangs I've ever heard in my life," after a drone fell next to his family's house and detonated Wednesday, blasting out windows and spraying shattered glass across his bed.

His neighbor, Hawkar Hadi, surveyed his damaged house: shattered windows, shrapnel fragments lodged in walls and furniture.

"It’s difficult to be a victim of a war that we’re not part of or responsible for it," he said. "We’re paying the cost of things we didn’t do."

Iran and allied Iraqi militias have fired missiles and drones at U.S. bases and its consulate in Irbil.

Most have been intercepted, with some falling in residential areas.


AP video shot by: Rashid Yahya



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