The geographic footprint, measured by named locations and areas identified in reporting, is narrower than the raw projectile totals suggest. At least 32 named locations or areas were targeted in Erbil province, 13 in Sulaymaniyah, eight in Duhok, and one in Halabja, where a single two-drone attack struck Mount Shinrwe. That gives a minimum of 54 named locations across the four provinces, though the real number of individual strike points is likely higher because many attacks were reported only at city or provincial level.

Erbil province dominates the map, but not all of those attacks fell inside the KDP-administered core. A notable share struck the eastern belt that falls within the PUK zone, especially around Koya, where KDPI and other Iranian Kurdish opposition camps, compounds, and family residential areas were repeatedly hit. A province-level breakdown can obscure this: some of the heaviest repeated attacks inside Erbil governorate landed not in Erbil city itself but along the Koya axis and nearby eastern areas.

The war’s target set has centered on two main categories. The first is Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, especially their camps, headquarters, residential compounds, and associated facilities. To give a sense of scale, KDPI alone has accounted for roughly 90 of the overall attacks, while the three Komala factions, PAK, and Khabat have also been continuously targeted. In fact, those latter groups account for all six of the Iranian Kurdish fighters killed so far in the war. The second category is U.S.-linked targets, above all military sites and the U.S. consulate footprint. In Erbil city, the most persistent target has been the U.S. base inside Erbil International Airport, the single most repeatedly threatened site in the capital. In Sulaimani city, the most repeatedly targeted urban node has been the PUK Peshmerga headquarters, long associated with a U.S. special forces presence, even if much, if not all, of that footprint has likely since been evacuated or withdrawn.

In the last few days, however, the target set has widened. There has been a noticeable increase in attacks on economic and commercial sites, consistent with the broader escalation in the war and Iran’s expanding retaliation pattern. These have included strikes on a motor oil warehouse in Erbil, a coal workshop, a rebar factory, and the smaller refinery near Erbil. Notably, based on the direction of the incoming drones, much of these attacks on economic and commercial sites appear to originate from pro-Iran Iraqi groups rather than from Iran itself. The shift matters because it suggests the campaign is no longer focused only on military, security, and opposition-party targets but is increasingly reaching into the Kurdistan Region’s economic infrastructure, with Iraqi armed factions playing a growing role in that expansion.

The overall pattern is clear. Erbil province has borne by far the largest share of attacks. The campaign has been driven above all by repeated strikes on Iranian Kurdish groups and U.S.-linked targets, while a more recent wave has increasingly hit economic and civilian-adjacent infrastructure. That widening target set reflects a broader escalation in the war itself, and shows how the Kurdistan Region is being pulled deeper into a conflict whose effects are now spreading beyond camps, bases, and front lines into urban and commercial life.