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The missile attack comes as talks to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal face the prospect of collapse after a last-minute Russian demand forced world powers to ...

No US personnel were killed in that attack but many suffered head injuries. US officials said no Americans were hurt and nor were US facilities hit. Iran denies involvement in those attacks. Kurdish authorities said only one civilian was hurt and no one killed. A US State Department spokesperson called it an “outrageous attack” but said no Americans were hurt and there was no damage to US government facilities in Erbil. Iran attacked Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Sunday with a dozen ballistic missiles in an unprecedented assault on the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region that appeared to target the United States and its allies.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim the missile attacks, saying it targeted Israeli 'strategic centre' in Iraq.

Iran has denied involvement in those attacks. The last time ballistic missiles were directed at US forces was in January 2020 – an Iranian retaliation for the US killing earlier that month of its military commander Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport. The US forces stationed at Erbil’s international airport complex have in the past come under fire from rocket and drone attacks that US officials blame on Iran-aligned armed groups, but no such attacks have occurred for several months. A US State Department spokesperson called it an “outrageous attack” but said no Americans were hurt and there was no damage to US government facilities in Erbil. “Parts of the fired missiles were retrieved and it was manufactured by Iran,” he said. The elite forces in a statement released on Sunday said it targeted the Israeli “strategic centre” in the country.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime's paramilitary group, said it carried out a missile attack on what it claimed were Israeli targets inside Iraq ...

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Iran said it carried out a missile strike in northern Iraq and suspended talks on restoring diplomatic ties with Saudi Arabia, raising tensions in the region ...

The weekend violence has the potential to further inflame ties. Article content Iran also “unilaterally and temporarily” suspended Iraqi-brokered talks with Saudi Arabia on mending diplomatic ties between the two rival powers, state-run Nour News reported. Article content The Guard Corps had vowed revenge against Israel for killing two of its members near the Syrian capital Damascus on March 7. Article content

(Reuters) - The United States condemned on Sunday an Iranian attack on Iraq's northern city of Erbil and backs Baghdad and governments across the region in ...

Stay informed daily on the latest news and advice on COVID-19 from the editors at U.S. News & World Report. "We will support the Government of Iraq in holding Iran accountable, and we will support our partners throughout the Middle East in confronting similar threats from Iran," he said in a statement released by the White House. (Reuters) - The United States condemned on Sunday an Iranian attack on Iraq's northern city of Erbil and backs Baghdad and governments across the region in the face of threats from Tehran, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

Iran has decided to temporarily suspend its secret Baghdad-brokered talks aimed at defusing yearslong tensions with regional rival Saudi Arabia, ...

The pause in diplomatic talks between the countries that have long competed for influence across the Middle East comes at a tense time for the region. The Baghdad-mediated talks between the regional foes began quietly in Iraq’s capital last year as Saudi Arabia sought a way to end its disastrous war against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, a conflict that has spawned the world’s worst humanitarian disaster and brought rebel drones and missiles raining down on Saudi airports and oil facilities. Iran, the largest Shiite Muslim country in the world, and Sunni powerhouse Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties in 2016 after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Angry Iranians protesting the execution stormed two Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, fueling years of animosity between the countries.