IRBIL: Explosions sounded on Friday near Irbil airport in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region and an attack forced a US-run oil field to shut production.
AFP journalists reported lound bangs and seeing grey smoke rising from near the airport area, which hosts US-led coalition troops
The autonomous Kurdistan region, which hosts US troops, has been pulled into the war engulfing the Middle East, suffering mostly from drone attacks on US bases and interests there.
Drones have repeatedly been intercepted over the city of Irbil, which is also home to a major US consulate complex.
Kurdistan’s natural resources ministry said on Friday that oil production at an oil field operated by US firm HKN Energy had been halted following an attack in the Sarsang area in Dohuk province.
