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Blasts Heard Near Erbil Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan

Summary by The New Arab
Two blasts were heard near Erbil's airport, which hosts advisers from the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition, in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said on Monday. Some hours earlier, air defence systems downed four missiles headed towards the US consulate in Erbil, a security source told AFP. Local authorities also reported a separate deadly drone incident in a civilian area in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The autonomou…

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Two explosions were heard near Erbil airport, where foreign “advisors”, the military of the anti-jihadist coalition led by the US, are based, in the autonomous region of Kurdistan, in northern Iraq, an AFP journalist reported yesterday Monday. Hours earlier, air defense systems intercepted four missiles heading towards the US consulate in Erbil, an AFP source in the security forces told AFP. Iraq has been dragged into a war it wanted to avoid at…

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www.ertnews.gr broke the news in on Monday, April 6, 2026.
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