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Drone targets US troops near airport in Iraq, no casualties The Associated Press 2 hours ago A picture taken on Dec. 24, 2019, shows a view of the entrance of Erbil International Airport in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region Arbil. (Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images) A drone attack targeted U.S.-led coalition forces near a northern Iraqi airport Wednesday, the Kurdish region’s Interior Ministry and coalition officials said. The ministry said the attack targeted coalition forces based near Irbil international airport and caused a fire that damaged a buildin...

Drone targets U.S. troops in Iraq; no casualties American installations have been hit recently By Associated Press Share: A drone attack targeted U.S.-led coalition forces near a northern Iraqi airport Wednesday, the Kurdish region’s Interior Ministry and coalition officials said. The ministry said the attack targeted coalition forces based near Irbil’s international airport and caused a fire that damaged a building. It said there were no casualties. Witnesses in Irbil reported hearing sirens and hearing a loud bang. A coalition spokesman, Col. Wayne Marotto, said the drone...

Killings in Syria’s al-Hol camp down after SDF security operation ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The number of targeted killings in the al-Hol displacement camp in northeast Syria have fallen slightly following a sweeping security operation by the Syrian Democratic Forces, according to a new report from the Rojava Information Center.  Sixteen people, including two women, died in the camp in March, the RIC’s monthly report said, “a slight decrease since February.” The SDF’s Coordination and Military Operations Center said on April 10 that “no new crimes” had been reported in the camp,...

US, Turkish forces in Iraq targeted in separate attacks A Turkish soldier was killed northeast of Mosul shortly after NATO and US officials announced they will withdraw from Afghanistan this year. Iraqi tribesmen hold posters bearing a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan crossed out during a protest against the continued presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq on Oct. 16, 2016, in the southern city of Basra. Turkish troops are deployed in the Bashiqa area despite Baghdad's demands that they be withdrawn. April 15, 2021 Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s northern...

In an unrelated attack, a Turkish soldier was killed when three rockets were launched at a military base in northern Iraq.