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Arbat airport drone entered airspace from Turkey: Iraq military spox |
2023-09-20 |
Follow up to this story from yesterday. [Rudaw] Iraq’s top military spokesperson on Monday said the drone that struck Sulaimani’s Arbat airport and killed three people came from ![]() , calling the attack a violation of Iraqi illusory sovereignty and territorial integrity. "On Monday, September 18, at 17:00 a drone entered Iraqi airspace through the border with Turkey and bombed Arbat airport in Sulaimani province," Yehia Rasool, military spokesperson for the Iraqi prime minister said on X, formerly known as Twitter. The Sulaimani-based counter-terrorism directorate on Monday announced that three of its members were killed in an unidentified dronezap that targeted Arbat airport, 27 kilometers southeast of Sulaimani. Three other members were maimed in the attack according to a statement from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)-affiliated force. Rasool said that the attack constitutes "a violation of Iraq’s security, security and territorial integrity" and also "a threat to the peace and security of the region", adding that the repeated The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) condemned the attack on the airport on Tuesday, stating that "Attacks repeatedly violating Iraqi illusory sovereignty must stop. Security concerns must be addressed through dialogue and diplomacy - not strikes," it said. |
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