Baghdad-INA
The Joint Operations Command said on Saturday that a very small drone had crashed some distance from the guesthouse of the speaker of parliament in the Karma district of Anbar province.
The command said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "at 1600 local time on Saturday, a very small drone crashed some distance from the guesthouse of the speaker of parliament in the Karma district of Anbar province, on the bank of an irrigation canal, causing a fire in nearby vegetation without resulting in any significant damage."
It added that, according to technical intelligence assessments, the drone was not carrying any explosives and that this type of drone has a range of no more than 750 meters and ignites quickly when temperatures are high.
The statement noted that security and intelligence agencies, along with forensic teams, had launched the necessary procedures and an investigation into the incident.