ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Flights at Erbil International Airport continued on Saturday morning after a brief suspension the previous day, as the Kurdistan Region came under drone and missile attacks, sources told The New Region.

Erbil came under a spate of drone attacks on Friday night, with the US-led global coalition downing at least eight drones across the city’s skies, mere days after another eight drones targeted the city late Wednesday.

The hostility led to a brief halt in operations at Erbil International Airport (EIA) on Friday night. Flights resumed on Saturday morning, however, an EIA source told The New Region.

Two Erbil-Istanbul trips were postponed by two days, according to the source, who affirmed that aviation lanes between Erbil and other destinations have remained unaffected.

The deadliest recent strike by Iran targeted Sulaimani on Friday. A missile attack in Zirgwezala killed at least nine members of the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan.

Later on Friday night, a weapons depot was targeted in Sulaimani’s Tasluja, igniting a giant fire that was seen emanating from several sites, with a security source telling The New Region that at least two drones were used in the attack.

Sulaimani’s Jalal Talabani International Airport has remained operational, despite the hostilities, a source told The New Region.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Friday condemned the “unjustified” Iranian attacks, urging Tehran to cease its bombardment and calling on Baghdad and the international community to take a stance.

In May, Tehran declared the Kurdistan Region a site of “hostile bases” under its security doctrine, warning that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had been given the same designation, making both subject to preemptive strikes.

Pro-Iran Iraqi militias similarly targeted the Region's energy infrastructure and military bases extensively during Iran’s conflict with the US.