Iran attacked ‘terrorist targets’ in Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria

Published on: 01/16/2024 – 01:15Modified: 01/16/2024 – 01:34

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At least four explosions were heard on either side of the air bill. Images relayed on social networks show smoke trails of ballistic missiles near the American consulate, reports our correspondent in Erbil. Marion Fontenille. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed to have targeted and destroyed it. A spy headquarters » which they attributed to Israel, as was marked ” Gathering of anti-Iranian terrorist groups

», according to the official Irna news agency.

Kurdish authorities have reported the deaths of at least four civilians. Among the victims is an influential Kurdish businessman and his entire family. Erbil Airport is suspended. In a press release, the Kurdistan Security Council called on Tehran to “ Baseless support » For its repeated bombings against the region. ” What happened is a clear violation of the territory and the sovereignty of Iraq. The federal government and the international community must not remain silent against these crimes », insists the press release.

According to Irna, the attack in Erbil comes in retaliation for the recent killing of several commanders of the Revolutionary Guards, but also “leaders of axis of resistance », the name given to Tehran’s allies in the war against Israel. On January 2, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, strikes attributed to Israel Killed Hamas number two, Saleh al-Arouri

, and six other officers and officials of the Palestinian Islamist movement. In mid-January, Wissam Tawil, a senior military officer of the powerful Lebanese Hezbollah, was killed by a strike attributed to Israel in southern Lebanon.

In Syria, the Guards Corps announced on its Sepah News website that it had ” Recent terrorist operations, particularly the identification of gathering spots for commanders and key elements linked to the Islamic State “And to them” Destroyed by firing a number of ballistic missiles “He explained that this attack in Syria” In response to the recent crimes of terrorist groups that have unjustly martyred countless of our dear compatriots in Kerman and Rask. “

On January 3, the attackers a A suicide attack on a crowd gathered in KermanIn southern Iran, during a memorial ceremony near the grave of General Qassem Soleimani, the former architect of Iranian military operations in the Middle East, killed by an American strike in Iraq in January 2020.

(and with AFP)