Pro-Iran militia claims responsibility for missile attack on Erbil airport
A view of the scene after a rocket attack outside the international airport in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s Kurdish region on February 16, 2021 [Yunus Keleş/Anadolu Agency] February 17, 2021 at 1:03 pm
A pro-Iran armed militia calling itself Saraya Awliya Al-Dam yesterday claimed responsibility for the missile attack that targeted Erbil International Airport on Monday in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. At exactly 9:15 pm our members carried out a qualitative operation against the American occupation in our beloved north, the group said in a statement, claiming the airport s C-RAM counter- missile system failed to intercept the missiles.
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