Desk Report
Publish: 13 Mar 2022, 10:51 pm
Photo: AFP
Iran
claimed responsibility for a missile strike Sunday on the northern Iraqi city
of Arbil, saying it targeted an Israeli "strategic centre" and
warning of more attacks.
Authorities
in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said 12 ballistic missiles rained down on
Arbil in a pre-dawn cross-border attack targeting US interests that slightly
wounded two civilians and caused material damage.
Iran's
Revolutionary Guards confirmed they fired the projectiles, claiming they were
targeting sites used by Israel, a top ally of the US.
A
"strategic centre for conspiracy and mischiefs of the Zionists was
targeted by powerful precision missiles fired by the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps", the Guards said in a statement.
There
was no immediate reaction from Israel. Kurdish authorities insisted that the
Jewish state has no sites in or anywhere near Arbil, and accused Iran of
repeatedly targeting the autonomous region without international censure.
Iran
holds considerable influence over the federal government in Baghdad, and Iraq
is home to a dwindling number of US troops who lead a coalition against the
Islamic State jihadist group.
Washington
has routinely blamed rocket and drone attacks on its interests in Iraq --
including sites in Kurdistan -- on pro-Iran groups who demand the departure of
the remaining troops.
But
cross-border missile fire is rare.
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