Iran’s Revolutionary Guard attack ‘anti-Iranian’ groups in Iraq’s Erbil
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IRGC says it fired ballistic missiles at ‘espionage centres’ in northern Iraqi city, attacked targets in Syria.
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.
At least eight explosions were heard in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region, early on Tuesday.
Air traffic at Erbil Airport was also halted, three security sources told the Reuters news agency.
A later IRGC statement, shared by Iran’s IRNA news agency, claimed the group had targeted the headquarters of Israeli spy agency Mossad in Erbil.
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