Iran on Sunday claimed responsibility for several missile strikes near the U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying that the attack was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of the Iran Revolutionary Guard.
The attack resulted in no injuries, according to the Associated Press.
The country’s Revolutionary Guard said in a statement the attack was launched against an Israeli “strategic center of conspiracy” in Irbil, the AP noted. While the statement did not elaborate on the claim, it said Israel had been on the offensive and cited an Israeli missile strike near Damascus, Syria that killed two members of the Iran Revolutionary Guard.
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A U.S. defense official reportedly said they were uncertain how many missiles were fired and where exactly they hit. However, another U.S. official also said there was no damage to any U.S. facility and that there was no indication the target was the consulate building, according to the AP.
The building is reportedly new and currently unoccupied.
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The attack comes several hours after multiple ballistic missiles hit Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, which also resulted in no casualties.
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