SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Kuwait Airways said on Saturday it had suspended its flights to Iraq due to “the current situation there”.
The decision comes in line with instructions issued by Kuwait’s civil aviation authority, the airline said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera Airways said it had also canceled its two day-flight to Najaf governorate as directed by the general administration of civil aviation.
The suspension came one day after six rockets landed in the Baghdad international airport.
The Iraqi military said the attack damaged two commercial planes but caused no casualties.
Iraqi Airways said the attack had damaged one of its out-of-service planes parked near the airport.
Reuters cited police sources as saying that the rockets landed in the airport’s compound and near an adjacent U.S. air base.
The U.S. air base, known as Camp Victory, is located around the perimeter of Baghdad’s civilian airport.
AP cited two security officials as saying that the rockets fell between the civilian and military areas of the airport.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi condemned the attack, calling it an attempt to “undermine Iraq’s reputation, that we have endeavored to restore in the region and internationally”.
Kadhimi called on Iraqi political parties to unequivocally condemn the attack and support Iraqi security forces in the search for those responsible.
Their silence over the frequency of attacks has served as a cover for perpetrators, he said. He also called on the international community not to place restrictions on travel to Iraq as a result of the attack.
Rocket attacks which U.S. and some Iraqi officials blame on Iran-aligned Shia militia groups who oppose the U.S. military presence in the region have regularly hit the complex in recent years.
