Blasts near Iraq's Erbil airport linked to security activity, local authorities say

LONDON: Explosions heard Sunday in Iraq’s Erbil province were linked to military exercises and security activity and posed no danger, local counterterrorism authorities said. One explosion was heard near Erbil International Airport, where US-led coalition forces remain stationed in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP journalists reported. An AFP journalist saw gray smoke rising from the area near the airport. Iraqi Kurdish counterterrorism forces said the blasts resulted from “military train