Rockets Strike Iraqi Airport, Wound Two Security Personnel: Official

Three rockets struck northern Iraq’s Kirkuk late Monday, targeting both a military installation and a residential area, Iraqi security officials said.

Two Katyusha rockets hit the military section of Kirkuk airport, lightly wounding two security personnel, a senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity. A third rocket struck a house in the city’s Uruba neighborhood, causing material damage but no casualties.

One of the rockets that hit the airport reportedly failed to detonate. The military sector of the airport hosts units from the Iraqi Army, federal police, and the Hashed al-Shaabi—a network of former Iran-backed militias now integrated into Iraq’s official security forces.

A security source told Iraq’s state-run INA news agency that one of the rockets landed near the runway, while airport management confirmed no damage to civilian infrastructure and no disruption to flight operations.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The incident comes amid a fragile period of calm in Iraq, which has seen years of conflict and intermittent rocket and drone strikes. Just last week, unidentified drones targeted radar systems at two military bases in Baghdad and southern Iraq—hours before a ceasefire ended the 12-day Iran-Israel conflict. The Iraqi government has launched an investigation but has yet to identify those behind the drone strikes.