Passengers check in at Erbil International Airport in Northern Iraq, December 24, 2019. Documentary photo: AFP/VNA |
No human casualties have been reported and the facility was not damaged, said Ahmed Hochiar, director of Erbil airport.
Erbil Airport is also home to a military base of the US-led international coalition fighting Islamic jihadists in the region.
These attacks, often targeting US interests in Iraq, have occurred quite frequently in recent months. A few weeks earlier, three drones attacked the airport in Baghdad, where US troops are stationed. US officials have accused Iran-backed Shi'ite Muslim militias of carrying out rocket and drone attacks on US troops in Iraq.