Hewlêr Airport closed, IC searched for missile sources

Hewlêr province, the capital of the Kurdistan region, closed its international airport after a number of missiles fell in its vicinity, while the authorities announced that they had begun investigations about the source of the missiles.

Hewlêr Airport closed, IC searched for missile sources
15 February, 2021   19:38
NEWS DESK

Air traffic was halted at Hewlêr International Airport, after the international coalition countered a number of these missiles, while US helicopters flew over the airport in search of missile sources.

Three mortars fell, two of them near Hewlêr Airport and the third in a residential neighborhood, and civilians were wounded.

The official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Hoshyar Zebari, said that investigations into the source of the shells are continuing and described the attacks as escalation.