Iraq's Defence Ministry said today it had no knowledge of any Israeli Air Force (IAF) drills in its airspace.
Israeli war planes were practising in Iraqi airspace and landing on US airbases in the country as a preparation for a potential strike on Iran, sources in the Iraqi Defence Ministry told a local news network, the Jerusalem Postreported.
But an Iraqi spokesman said: "As the Ministry of Defence, we haven't observed any IAF warplanes practising in Iraqi airspace."
An Israeli security source said a media report, carried on the website of the Jerusalem Post, was wrong.
The US military, which controls much of the airspace in Iraq, referred queries to the Iraqi Defence Ministry.
Reuters
