The U.S. ambassador to Turkey and the country’s special envoy for Iraq condemned a drone attack on the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region and called it “an attack on the people of Iraq.”

On Monday, November 18, Tom Barrack wrote on the social media platform X that Washington supports Iraqi Prime Minister Al Ezaidi and the Kurdistan Regional government in identifying the perpetrators of the attack and holding them accountable.

The attack on Sunday evening on this field in Sulaymaniyah province caused a fire and halted production, leaving more than 70 percent of the Kurdistan Region without electricity.

The UAE company Dana Gas, a field operator, said the fire has been extinguished, but production remains suspended pending an assessment of damages.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The Iraqi government has ordered the formation of a joint investigation committee with officials from the Kurdistan Region.