BAGHDAD, March 4, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A drone was shot down on Wednesday near Baghdad's international airport, a day after a similar attack on the facility, two security sources told AFP.

"A drone was downed near Baghdad airport, with no casualties or material damage reported," an Iraqi security source said.

Another security source in Baghdad confirmed the incident.

The airport includes a military base that hosts a US diplomatic facility and previously housed US-led coalition troops.

Iraq, which recently regained a sense of stability but has long been a proxy battleground between the US and Iran, said it did not want to be dragged into the Middle East war. But it has not been spared.

From the early hours of the campaign against Iran, strikes blamed on the US and Israel hit Iran-backed Iraqi groups, which have vowed not to remain neutral and claimed dozens of drone attacks on US bases.

On Tuesday evening, a drone was intercepted near Baghdad airport, hours after security forces announced that they seized nine rockets and a launchpad that were set up to target the facility.