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Multiple rockets slam Irbil, no causalities, officials say
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 13 - 03 - 2022

Multiple rockets struck Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil on Sunday, officials said. Kurdish officials said several rockets hit the area, but only caused property damage.
According to official information, no one was injured in the attacks, Iraq's state news agency INA reported.
The missiles were launched from the "east outside Iraq's borders" towards a new United States consulate building and residential areas, according to a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government.
The attack damaged buildings and homes and one person was "lightly wounded," the statement said.
Iran borders Iraq to its east, though the statement did not name the country. There was no immediate information on claims of responsibility for the attack.
Initial reports shared on social media had claimed the missiles may have struck the US consulate building, but Lawk Ghafuri, press spokesperson for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), said Sunday that only areas around the compound were hit.
"None of the missiles hit the new US consulate which is still under construction in Irbil," Ghafuri said in a statement on Twitter, attributed to the Kurdistan Counter Terrorism Forces.
A US State Department spokesperson confirmed to CNN there was no damage to, or causalities at any US government facility and the incident is being investigated by the government of Iraq and the KRG. The spokesperson added, "We condemn this outrageous attack and display of violence."
KRG's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said in a tweet Sunday, "Irbil will stand strong against cowardly attacks. I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on Erbil and call on its resilient people to keep calm and follow the guidance of the security services."
Broadcasting was temporarily interrupted at a local television station, Kurdistan 24, after missiles struck a nearby area, the broadcaster said on its website.
The city has in the past been caught in the cross-hairs of tensions between Iran and the United States. In January 2020, a military base housing US forces in Irbil was one of two Iraqi bases to come under missile attack from Iran, in retaliation for the US killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. No US personnel were killed in the 2020 attack.
A rocket attack on coalition forces in Irbil in February 2021 was claimed by an Iranian-backed militia. One civilian contractor died and a US service member and several American contractors were injured. — Agencies


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