Subject,"CZIB number","Issued date","Valid until","Valid until description",Status,Revision,"Affected Airspace","Affected Country",Applicability,"Applicability Description",Description,Recommendation(s),"Referenced publication(s)" "Airspace of Iraq",CZIB-2017-04R15,31/01/2024,31/07/2024-12:00,,Active,"31/01/2024 - The CZIB validity was extended until 31 July 2024. No changes to the content.  23/05/2023 - German AIC 07/23 issued on 18 May 2023 superseding AIC 05/23. Canada AIC 13/23 issued on 18 May 2023 replacing AIC 3/23. 20/07/2023 - German AIC 12/23 issued on 13 July 2023 superseding AIC 09/23. 28/07/2023 - The CZIB validity was extended until 31 January 2024. No changes to the content.   ","Iraq airspace.",Iraq,"Applies to operators",,"This CZIB is issued on the basis of information available to EU Member States and EU institutions.  Due to the hazardous security situation, with the presence of violent non-state actors and ongoing military operations including short-range ballistic missiles, rockets and drones strikes in the north-eastern part of Iraq, there is a risk of both intentional targeting and misidentification of civil aircraft.  While unannounced rocket and missile launches that transit airspace used by civilian aircraft pose a latent threat to operations at all altitudes, the overall risk to operations is assessed to be HIGH at altitudes below FL 320.  ","Due to the presence of various anti-aircraft weaponry and unannounced missiles and drones strikes, air operators are advised not to conduct flights below FL 320.  Additionally, air operators should closely monitor airspace developments and ensure that robust risk assessment is in place together with high level of contingency planning for operations at all altitudes over Iraqi airspace taking into consideration available data on time and areas particularly exposed to potential risks. Operators should take this information and any other relevant information into account in their own risk assessments, alongside any available guidance or directions from their national authority as appropriate. Latest operational information on ‘Closures and warnings’ issued by means of ICAO State Letters, NOTAMs, AICs/AIPs, EASA CZIB may be found in the Network Manager NOP Portal (password protected version). "," United Kingdom AIP ENR 1.1 issued on 16 June 2022 (see Appendix 1)  United States Federal Aviation Administration SFAR 77 issued 16 October 2020 (see Appendix 2)  AIC France Circular A 24/22 issued on 24 November 2022 (see Appendix 3)  German AIC 12/23 issued on 13 July 2023 (see Appendix 4)  South Africa NOTAM A2919/18 issued on 29 July 2018 (see Appendix 5)  Transport Canada AIC 13/23 issued on 18 May 2023 (see Appendix 6)  Swedish Transport Agency AIC A2/2020 issued 30 January 2020 (see Appendix 7)"