ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Drone attacks targeted Erbil and Kirkuk provinces on Thursday evening, amid a recent surge in aerial assaults on the Kurdistan Region.

The Erbil-based Kurdistan Counterterrorism (CT) said in a statement that a suicide drone was shot down near Erbil International Airport on Thursday evening without resulting in any damage or injuries.

Dana Tofiq, director of Erbil International Airport, told The New Region that their flights resumed as scheduled shortly after the attack, adding that the incident did not incur any damage, and that only one flight was affected as its landing time was delayed.

The attack on Erbil came around an hour after a drone crashed in Kirkuk’s Badr neighborhood. The origin of the projectile remains unclear.

Mazin Gharib, spokesperson for Kirkuk Police, told The New Region that the police have received two reports regarding the incident: the first, that a rocket had been fired at Kirkuk's military airport, adjacent to the civilian airport, and the second, that a drone had crashed near the airport and been confiscated by an “armed force.”

Thursday’s attacks come amid an increase of aerial assaults on the Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk province in recent days.

Several rockets targeted Kirkuk province late Monday. Kirkuk International Airport confirmed that three unidentified projectiles fell within the compound, lightly injuring one person. Another rocket crashed through the roof of a residential house in Uruba neighborhood without resulting in any injuries.

Two drones were shot down in Sulaimani's Tasluja neighborhood late on Tuesday night, reportedly targeting the Peshmerga's Unit 70 headquarters, which is affiliated with the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

The Erbil-based Kurdistan Counterterrorism (CT) on Tuesday reported that an unidentified suicide drone had crashed into a camp for internally displaced Yazidis in the northern Zakho district of the Kurdistan Region in the early hours of the day.

No groups have claimed responsibility for any of the attacks.