Iran attacks US Consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iranian Revolutionary Guard has claimed the attack on ballistic missiles that struck the United States Consulate in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region. Iraqi KurdistanIn a new episode of territorial escalation since the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip.

Iranian armed forces claimed to have attacked “spy centers and meetings of anti-Iran terrorist groups” in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, according to Iranian state media. “In response to recent terrorist crimes committed by enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, spy headquarters and meetings of anti-Iranian groups in parts of the region were attacked at midnight with Revolutionary Guard ballistic missiles”, notes Here is a statement from the organization through Tasneem news agency.

At least five civilians were killed

Residents of Erbil have reported on social media a series of loud explosions recorded late this Monday night. Erbil International Airport, located in the vicinity of the consulate, has suspended air traffic. At least five ballistic missiles have fallen on the Kurdish capital.

First information suggests that at least five civilians have lost their lives. ,A civilian house was targeted in unjustified attacks by the Revolutionary Guard in Erbil tonight, The owner of the house, Peshraw Dizai, and four members of his family have lost their lives,” Iraqi Kurdish politician Heman Hawrami condemned.

Attacks on US targets in Iraq and Syria have multiplied since the beginning of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas offensive on October 7, which left more than 1,100 dead. Pro-Iranian Shia militias have launched more than a hundred drone and rocket attacks since October against targets of the Washington-led international coalition established to defeat the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

There are currently about 2,500 US troops deployed in Iraq. Another 900 US troops are in Syria.

More than 100 attacks since October

Last week, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service reported that it had intercepted an explosive drone launched by an “illegal militia” against a military base of the US-led military coalition in Erbil, so far undetected Whether there has been any casualty due to this or not.

Erbil International Airport is one of the most recurring objectives of these militias, which are made up of pro-government armed groups and have claimed responsibility for more than a hundred attacks against the US in Iraq and Syria.

The attacks have also provoked a response from the United States, which has killed more than a dozen militants in recent months in various parts of Iraq, including Baghdad, where a selective US bombing in early January killed three fighters .

The bombing, carried out without the knowledge of Iraqi officials, caused a crisis between the Iraqi government and the international coalition that works to advise and train Iraqi forces in the country. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudaini earlier this month announced the formation of a committee to determine a schedule for the withdrawal of international coalition forces from the country.