Drone attack targets Kurdish Iraq’s Arbil airport

An attack on an airport in Arbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, was carried out by drone on Wednesday, the Kurdish interior ministry said, in an unprecedented escalation of the arms used to target US soldiers based there. "A drone charged with TNT targeted a coalition base at Arbil's airport," the ministry said, adding that no one was hurt in the blast but a building was damaged.  A Turkish soldier was killed by rocket fire at around the same time at a military base 50 kilometres (30 miles) east in Bashiqa, Ankara said, but there was no immediate confirmation of any link between the two attacks. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the airport drone attack, which caused an explosion heard across Arbil. Washington consistently blamed pro-Iran factions for attacks on its troops in Iraq.