KRG Leadership Under Fire: Barzani Family Residences Targeted on Consecutive Days

In a pattern that suggests a coordinated campaign against Kurdistan Regional Government leadership, the Barzani family has been targeted on consecutive days of the conflict. On Day 29 (March 28), a drone struck the Duhok residence of KRG President Nechirvan Barzani. Less than seven hours later on Day 30 (March 29), a second drone was intercepted near the Erbil residence of former KRG President Masoud Barzani — the family patriarch and founder of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. The Erbil intercept prevented a repeat strike; no casualties were reported in either incident. The back-to-back targeting of both the sitting KRG president and the senior Barzani family member signals that a threat actor — likely IRGC-aligned, given the Mossad Kurdish invasion plan exposure — is systematically attempting to neutralize KRG political leadership. The failed Mossad Kurdish invasion plan, revealed on Day 29, aimed to use Kurdish fighters to march to Tehran; its exposure may have prompted Iranian retaliation against the KRG structures seen as potential partners in regime-change.

Key facts

• •Nechirvan Barzani's Duhok residence struck by drone on Day 29 (March 28) — KRG president targeted
• •Masoud Barzani's Erbil residence targeted on Day 30 (March 29) — drone intercepted before impact
• •Two Barzani family residences in two Kurdish cities hit within 7 hours — coordinated pattern
• •Exposed Mossad Kurdish invasion plan may explain IRGC targeting of KRG leadership
• •Neither strike caused confirmed casualties; KRG has not publicly attributed responsibility