Monday, September 23, 2024

Baghdad

Missile fired at airbase in Kirkuk

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: A missile was fired in the direction of an airbase in Kirkuk , according to a security source in the city on Saturday. “The missile, fired from the area of Sahat al-Tayaran, southwestern Kirkuk , at the Multi-National Force (MNF) airbase, could not be found,” the source told Iraqi News. The oil-rich Kirkuk , a city of mixed Arab, Turkmen and Kurdish population, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad . AmR (P)/SR 1