Iraqi airports to reopen, says country's aviation chief

Iraq's airspace will be reopening, the president of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority says. Bangen Rekani announces in a post on X that all airports in the country will be reopening "starting from today", following comments last week that daily assessments were being conducted in an attempt to open "one or more airports, even partially". Ahmed Hoshyar, the director of Iraq's Erbil International Airport, has also confirmed the reopening of the country's airspace in reports ca