drone attacks
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Barzani's request to Baghdad to deploy a defense system in the Kurdistan Region
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Referring to the recent drone attacks on Erbil, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region announced that the regional government has asked Baghdad to issue a permit to deploy a defense system in the Kurdistan Region. He also emphasized that the federal government is responsible for preventing the source of attacks and security threats against the region.
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Wave of cancellations of international flights to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports
Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service - Following the recent drone attacks on Erbil, a wave of suspensions and cancellations of flights by international airlines to the airports of the Kurdistan Region has begun. In the past 24 hours, at least 14 flights to Erbil Airport and two flights to Sulaymaniyah Airport have been canceled or halted, and Qatar Airways has also announced that it will suspend its flights to Erbil, Kuwait and Bahrain until the end of July.
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Six decades of unsuccessful attempts by Iraqi Kurds to acquire an air defense system
World Service - Forbes report shows that the request of Kurdish leaders to acquire anti-aircraft weapons has been repeated many times since the 1960s, but the Kurdistan Region has never achieved effective air defense systems due to its legal status.