KIRKUK, Iraq: Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official told AFP.
Another rocket fell on a house in the city of Kirkuk, causing material damage.
“Two Katyusha rockets fell in the military section of Kirkuk airport,” slightly wounding two security personnel, the official said, requesting anonymity because he is not allowed to speak to the media.
One rocket did not explode, according to the official.
“A third rocket struck a house in the Uruba neighborhood,” causing material damage, the source added.
The military sector of Kirkuk’s airport includes bases for the Iraqi Army, the federal police, and the Hashed Al-Shaabi, a coalition of former pro-Iranian paramilitary forces now integrated into the regular armed forces.
A security source told the official INA news agency that two rockets struck the military air base at Kirkuk airport, one of which fell near the runaways, and another hit a house in the city.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks.
Kirkuk International Airport management said that there was no damage at the airport and that the attack did not disrupt flights.
Iraq has long been a battleground of drone and rocket assaults and proved fertile ground for proxy wars.
But it only recently regained a semblance of stability after decades of devastating conflicts and turmoil.
Last week, hours before a ceasefire ended the 12-day Iran-Israel war, unidentified drones struck radar systems at two military bases in Baghdad and southern Iraq.
The government said it launched a probe into the drone attacks, but it has not yet identified any perpetrators.
Rockets fired at Iraq airport, two wounded: security official
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Rockets fired at Iraq airport, two wounded: security official
- “Two Katyusha rockets fell in the military section of Kirkuk airport,” slightly wounding two security personnel, the official said
Syria says detained senior Daesh jihadist in Damascus
- The arrest came less than two weeks after a December 13 attack killed two US soldiers
DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities have arrested a senior Daesh group official in the Damascus region in a joint operation with a US-led international coalition, a security official said on Wednesday.
Taha Al-Zoubi, also known as Abu Omar Tabiya, an Daesh leader in Damascus, was detained with several of his men, General Ahmad Al-Dalati was reported as saying by state news agency SANA.
The arrest came less than two weeks after a December 13 attack killed two US soldiers and a US civilian that Washington said was carried out by a lone Daesh gunman in central Syria’s Palmyra.
“Our specialized units, in cooperation with the General Intelligence Directorate and and International Coalition forces, carried out a precise security operation targeting” an Daesh hideout, Dalati said.
On December 20, a Syria monitor said that five Daesh members were killed in US strikes in retaliation for the December 13 attack.
It was the first such incident since the overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar Assad in December last year, and Syrian authorities said the perpetrator was a security forces member who was due to be fired for his “extremist Islamist ideas.”
