Armed drone shot down near US base in northern Iraq — sources

Defense systems shot down an armed drone on Thursday over Irbil airport in northern Iraq, where US and other international forces are stationed, security sources said.

But Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service denied the incident and said in a statement no drone was shut down.

Two security sources confirmed that an armed drone was intercepted and shot down at around 7:10 p.m. local time and a blast was heard near the airport.