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Harir Air Base (ICAO: ORBR; Kurdish: بنکەی ئاسمانیی ھەریر) is a military airfield located near to the town of Harir, in the Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The base was previously known as Bashur Air Base and was seized during Operation Northern Delay as part of 2003 invasion of Iraq .
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visiting the U.S. air base near the airport in 2019. The rocket attacks took place in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The city has typically not seen the same kinds of violence as other parts of Iraq since the 2003 American invasion. [4]
There are approximately 2,500 U.S. service members in Iraq, [14] spread across several facilities in Iraq and other bases in Iraqi Kurdistan, [15] being used as training bases for Iraqi and Kurdish forces [16] as well as launching operations against targets in Syria.
The city of Erbil, which is the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, was the target of 11 of the 15 total missiles that were fired. The remaining four missiles were directed at Syria's Idlib Governorate, targeting areas held by the Syrian opposition. [5] [6] In Erbil itself, the Iranian attack killed four civilians and injured 17 ...
Defence systems shot down an armed drone on Wednesday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq where U.S. and other international forces are stationed, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said.
Germany has a consulate general in Erbil since 2012, [2] and Kurdistan Region has a representation in Berlin since 1992. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Many high-level meetings have been held between the two parties, including a visit to Berlin by Kurdish President Masoud Barzani in 2009, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister ...
Iraqi Kurdistan has two border gates with Iran, the Haji Omaran border gate and the Bashmeg border gate near the city of Sulaymaniyah. Iraqi Kurdistan has also a border gate with Syria known as the Faysh Khabur border gate. [130] From within Iraq, the Kurdistan Region can be reached by land from multiple roads.