The Iraqi government announced that a network planning attacks on specific targets using drones had been dismantled and the attempt thwarted.
Government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi said in a television interview that the operation was carried out by the Counterterrorism and National Intelligence units.
Al-Aboudi said security forces had infiltrated the network, arrested several of its members and seized equipment, including drones.
The Iraqi spokesperson said the network had been planning operations against specific targets and that the attempt had been thwarted.