Several civilians are believed to have died in the attack, with Kurdish regional government officials announcing the death of a prominent businessman and four of his family members.
Arbid is a small airport used for helicopters and is located 50 km (30 miles) to the east of the city of Sulaimaniya in the northeast of the country.
Many of Iraqi Kurdistan's neighbors are jealous of its success and are chomping at the bit to undermine it.
While Iran and Turkey may not always see things the same way, they increasingly share interests.
Kurdish forces controlled the city after driving Islamic State out in 2014 but were ejected by the Iraqi army in 2017.
Several rockets landed near the perimeter of the large Khor Mor gas field in the Sulaimaniya region of northern Iraq.
Iran has long accused Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region of harboring terrorist groups involved in attacks against the Islamic Republic.
The US also seeks to deter Iran. Iran has backed proxies in Iraq and Syria to attack US forces.
Authorities in Erbil are approaching the topic in a sensitive manner as they don’t want airstrikes throughout their region but they want warm ties with Ankara.
Turkey regularly carries out air strikes in northern Iraq and has dozens of outposts on Iraqi territory.
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