3 attempted drone attacks fail to hit US base at Erbil airport
KRI, Iraq (North Press) – A military base of the US-led Global Coalition at the Erbil airport in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) was targeted by three drones on Tuesday, according to an official statement.
On Tuesday morning, “at two different points, three drones attacked the international coalition,” the anti-terrorism service of the KRI said in a statement.
Two drones were successfully shot down while the third crashed to the ground, the anti-terrorism service said.
Pentagon spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder told reporters on Monday that 38 attacks had targeted US bases in Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17, resulting in the injury of 46 US troops.
Furthermore, an official in the US Department of Defense stated to AFP not for attribution that the attack had led to “no casualties or damage to infrastructure, according to the latest reporting.”
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, following a cross-border attack by Hamas militants, a series of rocket and drone attacks have targeted US bases in Iraq and Syria. Most of these attacks have been claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a coalition of Iran-backed militias in Iraq.