The US shoots down Iranian drones attacking an airport in Iraq

The US shoots down Iranian drones attacking an airport in Iraq: officials

FOX NEWS – By Lucas Y. Tomlinson, Peter Aitken

U.S. forces shot down a pair of Iranian drones that attacked the Irbil airport in Kurdish-held northern Iraq late on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11.

There were no injuries or damage, according to a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq.

The U.S. counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar system (C-RAM) engaged the two bomb-laden drones which were made in Iran, a separate U.S. official told Fox News.

“Each attack against the GoI, KRI, and the Coalition undermines the authority of Iraqi institutions, the rule of law, and Iraqi National sovereignty,” Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto said in a statement posted to Twitter. “These attacks endanger the lives of civilians and the partner forces from the ISF, Peshmerga, and Coalition.”

The Erbil airport, where some U.S. troops are based, has come under a series of attacks this year by Iranian-backed militia forces.

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