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Iran Bombs Iraq and Syria as Tension Grows Across Middle East

HeadlineJan 16, 2024

In Iraq, at least four people were killed earlier today when Iran bombed what it described as an Israeli spy headquarters near Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Iraq denied the struck building was tied to the Mossad. Masrour Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdistan region, described the attack as a “crime against the Kurdish people.” Iran says it also bombed targets in northern Syria linked to ISIS. The U.S. State Department condemned the Iranian attack near Erbil, describing it as reckless. This comes less than two weeks after the U.S. assassinated the leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Baghdad, which the U.S. claimed was done in self-defense.

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