Dozen Ballistic Missiles Fired At Northern Iraq, US Facilities Targeted
NDTV
Iraq, including the Kurdistan region, is home to a dwindling number of US troops who led a coalition fighting the Islamic State jihadist group.
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq's northern city of Arbil, including US facilities, causing damage but no major casualties early on Sunday, security forces in the autonomous Kurdistan region said.
Local authorities said the missiles came from beyond the eastern border, suggesting that the source of the fire was Iran -- a country that wields considerable political and economic influence over its neighbour.
"Twelve ballistic missiles" on Sunday targeted the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil, and the US consulate there, Kurdish security forces said.
"The missiles were fired outside the borders of Iraq and Kurdistan, (coming) more precisely from the east," the Kurdistan counter-terrorism unit said in a statement.
