Trump Says Land Blockade on Iran in Effect; Drone Strike Cuts Power Across Iraq's Kurdish Region
A drone strike on the Khor Mor gas facility has left more than 70 percent of northern Iraq's Kurdish region without electricity. US President Donald Trump says Washington's new economic blockade on Iran's land supply routes is now in effect.
More than 70 percent of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq was left without electricity on 9 November after a drone hit the Khor Mor gas facility and started a fire. The report comes from Al Jazeera's live coverage of the war involving Iran. An outage on this scale affects most of the region's population.
The source does not say who launched the drone.
Separately, US President Donald Trump said Washington's latest economic blockade targeting Iran's land supply routes has taken effect. He also said renewed strikes are "highly unlikely" if there is progress in talks on Tehran's nuclear programme and on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Why it matters
Together, the two developments show the Iran war continuing to affect civilian infrastructure in the region while diplomacy runs alongside it. Trump has tied his position to the outcome of negotiations: if the nuclear issue and the Strait of Hormuz see movement, further strikes are not expected. The source gives no details on how long the power outage may last or how the talks are proceeding.
