Iraqi authorities arrested a suspect linked to the bombing of Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi sources said on Saturday.
The sources said that the detainee, Akram al-Qaisi, is held under investigation by the intelligence services to identify the accomplices and the group behind the attack.
A special security unit arrested "Akram Mahmoud Rashid al-Qaisi" on the road between Diyala and Baghdad, a senior Iraqi security source told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Qaisi, born in Baghdad, Abu Ghraib in 1984, was a partner in planning and executing the airport attack, he said.
Last week, six rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound, damaging two planes on the runway.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Iran condemned the attack.
The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the "cowardly terrorist attack" that hit Baghdad International Airport.
The ministry stated in the statement its "categorical rejection of this treacherous attack, which threatens the stability of the sisterly Republic of Iraq and the region, and the safety of air navigation."
The ministry said that the incident undermines the efforts of the international coalition to help Iraq fight terrorism, reiterating the Kingdom's "full support for the sisterly Republic of Iraq in the measures it takes to protect its security, and its affirmation of the Kingdom's position rejecting all forms of violence, terrorism, and extremism."
