Two rockets landed in the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late Monday, injuring two security personnel, according to a senior Iraqi security official who spoke with AFP under anonymity.
“Two Katyusha rockets fell in the military section of Kirkuk airport,” the official stated, noting the injuries sustained were minor.
The military area of the airport houses units from the Iraqi Army, federal police, and the Hashed al-Shaabi, a former Iran-backed paramilitary group now incorporated into Iraq’s regular armed forces.
In addition to the attack at the airport, a third rocket struck a civilian home in the Uruba neighbourhood of Kirkuk, causing structural damage but no casualties.
“A third rocket struck a house in the Uruba neighbourhood,” the source said, adding it caused only “material damage.”
According to the official, one of the rockets fired at the airport failed to detonate.
Local reports cited by Iraq’s state-run INA news agency corroborated the incident, confirming that two rockets had struck the military base at Kirkuk airport, with one landing close to the runway and another impacting a residential building within the city.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the assault, which adds to a string of similar attacks that have plagued Iraq in recent years.
While such incidents have decreased, they remain a reminder of the country’s volatile security landscape.
Iraq has been a focal point for rocket and drone strikes, often attributed to ongoing proxy conflicts and regional rivalries.
Despite recent improvements in overall stability following years of unrest, the nation continues to experience periodic violence.
Just last week, in the final hours leading up to the ceasefire that ended the 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel, unidentified drones targeted radar systems at two separate military bases—one in Baghdad and the other in southern Iraq.
