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

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

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. An explosion sounded Sunday near Erbil airport, which hosts US-led coalition troops in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, AFP journalists said. An AFP journalist reported seeing grey smoke rising from near the airport. Iraqi Kurdish counterterrorism forces said the explosions resulted from “military training and security a