Warplanes and missiles were seen flying through Iraqi airspace as Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran, witnesses and a military source told AFP. “We saw several missiles flying at a low altitude” near the district of Daquq in Kirkuk, two witnesses said. A soldier in the city of Ramadi in western Iraq told AFP he saw warplanes flying overhead. Resident Saman Zelwan, 20, told AFP he saw “more than 10 missiles flying over the Dokan district towards the Iranian border” in Sulaimaniyah province in the autonomous Kurdistan region. Earlier Saturday, the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, with US President Donald Trump vowing to “annihilate” the country’s navy and missile sites.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 28, 2026 10:40 UTC