Drone Attack Targets Kurdish Iraq's Irbil Airport

IRBIL, IRAQ - An attack Wednesday at the airport of Irbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, was carried out by drone, the Kurdish interior ministry said — an unprecedented escalation of the arms used to target U.S. soldiers based there.  

"A drone charged with TNT targeted a coalition base at Irbil's airport," the ministry said, adding that no one was hurt in the blast but a building was damaged.    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which caused a loud explosion heard across the city.   However, a shadowy pro-Iranian group, blamed for a similar attack in mid-February, hailed the blast in pro-Iran channels on the messaging app Telegram.