SAEDNEWS: In the pre‑dawn hours, Kirkuk International Airport’s military zone came under a sudden rocket assault—wounding two personnel and sending shock waves through the surrounding neighbourhood.
According to Saed News, early on Tuesday morning residents of northern Iraq’s oil‑rich city of Kirkuk awoke to the thunder of multiple explosions as rockets targeted the military section of Kirkuk International Airport. Local eyewitnesses reported hearing at least three distinct blasts, one of which struck a private residence in the city, inflicting structural damage but no civilian casualties.
Initial accounts, corroborated by India Today, confirm that two rockets impacted the airport’s restricted military perimeter, injuring two service members with shrapnel wounds. “We felt the vibrations in our homes and rushed outside to see plumes of smoke rising over the runway,” said one neighbour who requested anonymity. Emergency crews swiftly transported the injured soldiers to a nearby field hospital, where they were reported in stable condition.
The third rocket’s trajectory carried it beyond the airport grounds, detonating against a residential building and shattering windows in adjacent houses. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the strikes, leaving security officials to weigh a range of potential actors—from regional insurgent factions to external proxy forces.
The attack underscores Kirkuk’s volatile security environment, where strategic infrastructure has frequently been a flashpoint in wider sectarian and geopolitical contests. As investigations continue, Iraqi authorities have tightened air‑defense patrols around the airport and vowed to pursue those behind this brazen violation of sovereignty.
