Several explosions were reported near the U.S. consulate in Erbil, Iraq, where eight targets were reportedly targeted, an Iraqi security source told ABC News, adding that there were no casualties among coalition forces or U.S. forces. Coalition forces also shot down three drones near the Erbil airport in Iraq, the source said. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps immediately took responsibility for the attacks, saying it was targeting "spy headquarters" and "anti-Iranian terrorist gatherings in parts of the region" with ballistic missiles.
Iranian state media announced that the Revolutionary Guards launched a missile attack against "terrorist groups" in Erbil, Iraq and Syria. "The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has announced the destruction of a spy headquarters and anti-Iranian terrorist groups in parts of the region with ballistic missiles," the official IRNA news agency said.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they launched missile strikes against ISIS in Syria in response to the bloody January 4 attack near the tomb of General Qassem Soleimani in Kerman. This was reported by the Iranian media, reported by the Times of Israel, which points out that the raids in Aleppo took place at about the same time as those in Erbil in Iraq.
"Civilians were killed" in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' attack on Erbil in northern Iraq. This was reported by the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan.
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