Iraq calls on Turkey to apologize for attack on Sulaymaniyah airport

Iraq's first lady Shanaz Ibrahim attends a protest against a drone attack that hit the vicinity of Sulaymaniyah International Airport on Friday, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) -The Iraqi government called on Turkey on Saturday to apologize for what it said was an attack on Sulaymaniyah airport in northern Iraq, saying Ankara must cease hostilities on Iraqi soil.

The Iraqi presidency said in a statement that Turkey had no legal justification to continue "intimidating civilians under the pretext that forces hostile to it are present on Iraqi soil".