Bombing of an airport in Sulaymaniyah, reports of deaths and injuries

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Bombing of an airport in Sulaymaniyah, reports of deaths and injuries

• Time: 09/18/2023 16:53:13
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{Local: Al-Furat News} An informed source reported, today, Monday, that a bombing targeted Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

 

The source indicated in a press statement that: “Initial reports indicate a number of deaths and injuries.”

He added, "Until now it has not been confirmed whether the bombing was carried out by drones or missiles."

The source continued, "Ambulances and security detachments rushed to the scene of the accident, and the extent of the damage is still unknown."

Arbat Airport was established in Sulaymaniyah Governorate in 2005 and is used for civil services and agricultural fields.

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Reuters: 6 people were killed in the bombing of Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah

• Time: 09/18/2023 19:14:32
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{Security: Al-Furat News} A local official and a security source told Reuters on Monday that six people were killed in an attack on the Arbat military airport near Sulaymaniyah Governorate in northern Iraq.

No other details about the attack were immediately available.

Monday's attack comes a day after 3 fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units of the Kurdistan Workers' Party were killed in a Turkish drone strike on northern Iraq on Sunday, according to Iraqi security sources.

Two security sources told Reuters that three Sinjar Resistance Units fighters were in their car in the Sinjar region when they were hit by a drone strike.

From time to time, Turkey launches air strikes in northern Iraq and has dozens of sites on Iraqi territory, but it has intensified its attacks with drones in the past few days, targeting sites closer to urban areas and on main roads.

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Talabani: The bombing of {Arbat} airport is a criminal operation and a conspiracy targeting Sulaymaniyah

• Time: 09/18/2023 21:13:30
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Bafel Talabani, confirmed that targeting the Arbat Agricultural Airport in Sulaymaniyah is a “flagrant violation of the borders” of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, calling on the Iraqi government to “assume its constitutional and national responsibilities in protecting the land and skies of Iraq, including Kurdistan.”

Talabani "very strongly condemned the terrorist attack" on the Arbat Agricultural Airport in Sulaymaniyah, which led to "the martyrdom and injury of six Peshmerga heroes fighting terrorism in Kurdistan."
Bafel Talabani called for an "immediate cessation of these attacks," calling on the Iraqi government to "assume its constitutional and national responsibilities in protecting the land and skies of Iraq, including Kurdistan, and not allow these violations to occur any longer."

He said, "This criminal operation is a flagrant violation of the borders of the region and Iraq," adding that it "comes among the conspiracies aimed at sabotaging the security and stability of the Kurdistan Region and the Sulaymaniyah region in particular."

The director of the Arbat district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Daban Muhammad, had previously confirmed that 6 people were killed and another injured in the targeting of the Arbat agricultural airport in the district.

Daban Muhammad said that the targeting was carried out by a drone, noting that there is no information about the party behind it. 

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Messenger: A drone entered across the border with Türkiye and bombed {Arabat} Airport in Sulaymaniyah

• Time: 09/19/2023 07:31:00
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{Umniah: Al-Furat News} The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, revealed the details of the aerial bombardment that targeted forces of the Counter-Terrorism Service at an agricultural airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

Rasoul said in a statement, a copy of which was received by {Al-Furat News}, “On Monday, September 18, at exactly 17:00, a drone entered Iraqi airspace across the border with Turkey and bombed (Arabat) Airport in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, causing "It led to the martyrdom of three heroes of the Counter-Terrorism Service and the injury of three others." 
He added, "This aggression constitutes a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and represents a breach and threat to peace and security in the region and the world, a violation of the provisions of international law, and a violation of the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter."
He stated that "these repeated attacks are not consistent with the principle of good-neighborly relations between countries, and threaten to undermine Iraq's efforts to build good and balanced political, economic, and security relations with its neighbors," stressing that "Iraq reserves the right to put an end to these violations."

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UNAMI: The bombing of {Arabat} airport is a violation of Iraqi sovereignty

• Time: 09/19/2023 07:46:14
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) condemned the bombing that targeted the Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate yesterday evening, Monday.

She said in a tweet on the X website: “We condemn the attack on Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, which caused a number of casualties.”
"The attacks that repeatedly violate Iraqi sovereignty must stop," he added.
UNAMI stressed, “Security concerns must be addressed through dialogue and diplomacy, not through strikes.”
A drone bombed the Arbat agricultural airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate yesterday evening, Monday, killing three members of the Anti-Terrorism Service forces and wounding three others. The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasoul, said in a statement at dawn today
that the drone entered Iraqi airspace across the border. With Turkey,” indicating that “this aggression constitutes a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity and represents a breach and threat to peace and security in the region and the world, a violation of the provisions of international law, and a violation of the principles and purposes of the United Nations Charter.”
He pointed out that "these repeated attacks are not consistent with the principle of good-neighborly relations between countries and threaten to undermine Iraq's efforts to build good and balanced political, economic and security relations with its neighbors," stressing that "Iraq reserves the right to put an end to these violations."

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Barzani: The bombing of {Arabat} airport is a violation of sovereignty, and we will conduct a thorough investigation into it

• Time: 09/19/2023 10:48:55
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} Today, Tuesday, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, issued a statement regarding the incident that occurred at Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate yesterday, calling on all concerned parties to “conduct a thorough investigation and reveal the facts as soon as possible.”

 

Barzani said in a statement to the regional government, a copy of which was received by {Al-Furat News}: “We feel sad about the accident that occurred at Arbat Airport, and the concerned authorities must conduct a thorough investigation to determine the causes and circumstances of the accident, and reveal the facts as soon as possible.”

He added, "While we condemn any violation that affects the sovereignty of the territory of the region and Iraq, we reject all illegal actions that threaten the security of the Kurdistan region and undermine its stability."

A drone bombed the Arbat Agricultural Airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate yesterday evening, Monday, killing three members of the Anti-Terrorism Service forces and wounding three others.

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, said in a statement at dawn today that the drone entered Iraqi airspace across the border with Turkey, indicating that “this aggression constitutes a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity, and represents a breach and threat to peace and security in the region and the world, and a violation of the provisions of international law and a violation of to the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations.”

He pointed out that “these repeated attacks are not consistent with the principle of good-neighborly relations between countries and threaten to undermine Iraq’s efforts to build good and balanced political, economic, and security relations with its neighbors,” stressing that “Iraq reserves the right to put an end to these violations.”

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I would lite up Turkey with a barrage of missiles. 
blow up their runways. Send a message.

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Also cut off any future oil sales through the pipeline. 

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Turkey's first comment on the bombing of Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah

• Time: 09/19/2023 23:47:09
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{Umniah: Al-Furat News} Turkey commented on the bombing of the {Arbat} agricultural airport in Sulaymaniyah Governorate yesterday, "demanding" the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to declare the Kurdistan Workers' Party a terrorist organization.

 

A statement by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a copy of which {Al-Furat News} received, stated, “The terrorist activities of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization and its extensions in Iraq, especially in the north of the country, are being monitored, including its movements in the terrorist corridor that was established between Syria and Iraq, and in this In this regard, the developments related to the explosion that occurred at Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah on September 18, 2023, are striking.

 

He added, "It is clear that during the explosion, members of the Counter-Terrorism Service of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan were training with terrorists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the People's Protection Units (PKK and YPG). This development is considered dangerous because it clearly revealed the cooperation of some security elements affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan." With elements of the terrorist organization. This latest incident once again confirmed the validity of our measures against Sulaymaniyah, where the terrorist organization held its residents hostage,” according to the statement.

 

He pointed out that "Turkey expects the Iraqi central government and the authorities of the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq to recognize the Kurdistan Workers' Party and its extensions as a terrorist organization and to fight terrorism in an honest and tangible manner."

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Al-Amiri to Talabani: An attack on any Iraqi land is an attack on all of Iraq

• Time: 09/20/2023 15:21:41
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{Politics: Al-Furat News} The Secretary-General of the Badr Organization, Hadi Al-Amiri, received in his office in Baghdad today, Wednesday, the head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party, Pavel Talabani, and his accompanying delegation.

 

At the beginning of the meeting, Al-Amiri expressed, according to a statement from his office, a copy of which {Al-Furat News} received, "his denunciation and condemnation of the attack that targeted the Arbat Airport in Sulaymaniyah, offering his condolences for the martyrdom of the victims of the attack."

He also stressed that "an attack on any Iraqi territory is an attack on all of Iraq," renewing his "demand for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from Iraqi territory."

 

Al-Amiri stressed the need for "Iraq to secure its air defenses capable of protecting the airspace and national sovereignty and responding to any external aggression."

 

The meeting witnessed discussion of many important files and outstanding issues between the center and the region and economic conditions, and the importance of resolving differences through dialogue and adherence to the constitution was emphasized.