Explosive drone intercepted near Erbil airport

4/7/2025 6:17

An explosive drone was shot down near

Erbil airport in northern Iraq on Thursday, the Iraqi

Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said in a statement.



There were no casualties reported, according to two security

sources.



The "Flight operations at the airport continued normally

and the airport was not affected by any damage", the Erbil

airport authority said in a statement.



The incident only caused a temporary delay in the

landing of one aircraft, the statement added.