No casualties reported after missiles strike near U.S. consulate in northern Iraq
CBSN
As many as 12 missiles struck Iraq's northern city of Irbil on Sunday near the U.S. consulate, Iraqi security officials said. A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran.
A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department said no injuries or casualties were reported and there was no damage to the U.S. facility, which is new and currently unoccupied. One of the missiles struck near where the Kurdistan24 TV station broadcasts from. The station went on air shortly afterward and showed shattered glass and debris on their studio floor.
An Iraqi official in Baghdad at first said several missiles had hit the U.S. consulate and that it was the target of the attack. Later, Lawk Ghafari, the head of Kurdistan's foreign media office, said none of the missiles hit the U.S. facility but that areas around the compound had been hit by the missiles.
