Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has launched ballistic missiles at what it described as enemy sites in Erbil, a city in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, according to a statement carried by Iranian state media.
“Ballistic missiles were used to destroy espionage centres and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region late tonight,” the statement said.
Four people were killed in the IRGC attack on Erbil in northern Iraq, ABC reported citing its sources.
According to the report, no US or Coalition servicemen were injured. Coalition forces managed to down three drones near the airport of Erbil, the sources say.
Previously, IRNA reported citing the IRGC statement that the Iranian military attacked a gathering location of anti-Iranian groups in Erbil.
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The United States has condemned in the strongest terms the missile strikes carried out on Iraq’s Erbil by the Iranian military, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.
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