An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was attacked Tuesday night at Arbil International Airport. a short distance from the US Consulate in this city in northern Iraq, The Iraqi Kurdistan Counter-Terrorism Unit said in a statement.
The attack, which took place around 22:30 (Greek time), did not cause injuries or serious property damage. Firefighters put out the fire shortly after it broke out, according to the same source.
The Pentagon said in a statement that it had received no information about a UAV attack in Arbil, but said it had no reports of casualties or severe damage at the airport, where US military personnel are being recruited.
U.S. Department of Defense spokeswoman Capt. Jessica McNulty did not elaborate.
UAV bomb blast targets US embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, but it was shot down by the C-RAM air defense systems installed by the Americans to protect their military and diplomatic personnel.
Since the beginning of 2021, there have been nearly 50 attacks on US interests in Iraq, where 2,500 US troops remain deployed., in the context of the international coalition formed against the jihadist organization Islamic State (IS).
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