Air defenses down two drones near Erbil International Airport

Shafaq News- Erbil

Air defense systems on Monday downed two drones approaching Erbil International Airport before they reached their target, a security source told Shafaq News.

No casualties or damage were recorded. Authorities have opened an investigation to determine the circumstances and identify those responsible.

Earlier today, another security source told our agency that a drone attack targeting the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), was intercepted without casualties or damage.

Since Feb. 28, when US and Israeli strikes targeted Iran, the KRI has faced a wave of incidents affecting diplomatic facilities, sites linked to Iranian Kurdish opposition groups, Peshmerga-affiliated positions, oil fields, communication networks, residential areas, and public infrastructure. The US-based Community Peacemaker Teams documented 474 cases, including 179 attributed to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and 295 to Iran-aligned groups, resulting in at least 14 deaths and 93 injuries.

Erbil alone has recorded more than 500 drone incidents since tensions escalated, according to Governor Omed Khoshnaw.

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