Report: Iraqi Air Defences Intercept Drones over Erbil
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The Counter-Terrorism Service in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced on Friday that three drones were shot down in Erbil by international coalition forces.
Report: Iraqi air defences intercept drones over Erbil
Report: Iraqi air defences intercept drones over Erbil Air defence systems intercepted drones over the northern Kurdish province of Erbil early on Thursday, Iraqi security sources told Al Jazeera. Footage circulating online showed the remnants of drones falling over a residential area near Erbil international airport. There have been no reported injuries or casualties so far.
The international coalition led by the United States intercepted on Friday three drones loaded with explosives over the sky of Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, in a new defensive action over an area that since February 28 accumulates almost a thousand air strikes. Interceptions occurred between 2:17 a.m. and 2:25 a.m., local time, without casualties, according to the Kurdistan Anti-Terrorist Service in a brief…
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