Iraqi President Calls on Türkiye's Ambassador to Protest the Attack
According to Reuters on September 19, the Iraqi presidential palace issued a statement on September 19, saying that President Rashid would summon Türkiye's ambassador to Iraq to protest Türkiye's drone attack on a small military airport in Iraqi Kurdistan on September 18.
The Iraqi military said that three members of the Iraqi anti-terrorism force were killed and three injured in Türkiye's attack on the small military airport in Albid.
Earlier on the 19th, an Iraqi military spokesman said in a statement that drones had entered Iraq's airspace through the border with Türkiye, adding: "Iraq reserves the right to end these violations."
Reported that Türkiye often launches air strikes against PKK militants in northern Iraq. A statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye did not directly acknowledge the attack on the 18th, but said that "recent events have once again confirmed the accuracy of Türkiye's measures".
It said that at the time of the explosion, the anti-terrorism forces belonging to the Iraqi "Kurdistan Patriotic Union" were training together with the "terrorists" of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
The report mentioned that Albid is a small airport used for takeoff and landing helicopters, located 50 kilometers east of the city of Sulaimania in the northeast of the country.