Iran Launches Missile Strikes in Iraq and Syria
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched missiles at targets in Iraq and Syria. They claimed they were against "anti-Iranian" groups. The US condemned the attacks as "reckless" and tensions remain high in the region.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has conducted missile strikes targeting what it claims were Israeli "spy headquarters" in Iraq's Kurdish region and alleged ISIL (ISIS) sites in northern Syria. The IRGC stated that it aimed to defend its security and counter-terrorism. This attack on Iraq and Syria comes at a wrong time when the world is already facing a biggest humanitarian crises in the region.
The attack in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. It resulted in at least four deaths and six injuries, according to the r...