“The attacks resulted in no casualties, and the missiles were launched from outside of Kurdistan and Iraq,” the units said. This large attack was likely carried out from Iran.
The missiles struck near a new large US consulate currently being built in Erbil. The consulate is not in the center of the city and it is clear that coordinates for the consulate would have to be put into precision strikes of ballistic-style missiles. This is a tactic Iran has deployed before.
What we know, in the wake of the attack, is that Kurdistan regional authorities said there were no civilian casualties while Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the autonomous Kurdish region, condemned the attack. READ MORE
