Drone Attack Hits Northern Iraq Near Erbil Airport and US Forces: Officials

The entrance of Erbil International Airport in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region Arbil on Dec. 24, 2019. Safin Hamed/AFP via Getty Images

BAGHDAD—A drone attack hit near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq where U.S. forces stationed at on Saturday, Iraqi Kurdish security officials said.

The internal security service for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, of which Erbil is the capital, initially said three rockets had hit near the airport.