Drone intercepted near Iraqi airport housing US troops

Near Iraq’s Erbil airport which hosts US troops, a drone was intercepted late on July 3rd, according to Kurdish security forces, The New Arab plus agencies reported.

The counterterrorism services of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, said: “At 21:58 (1858 GMT) an explosive-packed drone was downed near Erbil International Airport, without causing casualties or damage.”

Rocket and drone attacks have previously targeted Erbil airport, which is home to a military base. The interim director of the airport, Dana Tofeek, said to AFP that the airport remains safe and that the incident only caused one flight to be delayed.

The New Arab plus agencies, AFP