Iraq complains to UN over Israel’s use of its airspace to strike Iran

By Agencies and ToI Staff 28 October 2024, 9:09 am 47 Edit

Screen grab of a video on social media that appears to show missile part that fell in Iraq amid Israeli strikes on Iran, October 26, 2024 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Iraq has submitted a complaint to the United Nations over Israel’s use of its airspace to strike Iran on Saturday, an Iraqi government spokesperson says.

A statement from government spokesman Bassim Alawadi says the letter condemns “the Zionist entity’s blatant violation of Iraq’s airspace and sovereignty by using Iraqi airspace to carry out an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 26.”

Images and videos on social media from Iraq appeared to show booster sections of missiles used by Israel. The fragments of the missiles appeared to have fallen in an area north of Baghdad.

Israeli jets conducted strikes on military targets throughout Iran in retaliation for Tehran’s ballistic missile barrage on the country earlier this month.