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Missile strike near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq; no American casualties reported
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An airstrike close to the U.S. consulate in Erbil, Iraq, on Sunday didn’t consequence within the deaths of any army personnel, based on a number of U.S. protection officers.
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Officers stated all U.S. personnel are accounted for after the airstrike close to the unmanned consulate in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish area of northern Iraq.
On this Feb. 23, 2017 photograph, U.S. Military troopers stand exterior their armored automobile on a joint base with Iraqi military south of Mosul, Iraq.
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“There is no such thing as a injury or casualties at any U.S. Authorities facility,” a State Division Spokesperson advised Fox Information. “The incident is being investigated by the federal government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Authorities and we refer you to them for remark. We condemn this outrageous assault and show of violence.”
Presently, officers can not verify the place the missile(s) emanated from.
The final time missiles have been fired from inside Iran was Jan 2020 after the Soleimani strike when Al Assad Air Base was the goal, an official advised Fox Information.
Fox Information’ Jennifer Griffin and Mark Meredith contributed to this report.