A rocket-propelled grenade landed early Sunday near the headquarters of a new US consulate under construction in northern Iraq, the newspaper reported.The Wall Street Journal“American.
The newspaper added, quoting US officials, that the source of the attack was Iran.
And earlier, the Counter-Terrorism Service in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced in a statement that an attack with “12 ballistic missiles” targeted, at dawn on Sunday, Erbil, the capital of the region and the US consulate there, adding that the missiles were launched “from outside the borders of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, specifically from the east.” .
US officials confirmed, according to the Wall Street Journal, that the compound was not damaged, and no Americans were injured, but officials are not yet sure of the target of the attack, according to the newspaper.
The attack, which was carried out with at least six missiles, is still under investigation, according to the newspaper.
And “Wall Street” reported that at least one missile landed more than two kilometers from the new complex, according to US officials familiar with the initial reports.
US officials said the missile attack may have been in response to an Israeli air strike in Syria on Monday that killed two Iranian Revolutionary Guards, according to the newspaper.
A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said after the Israeli strike that Iran would take steps to hold Israel accountable.
Although Iran-backed militias have carried out attacks in Iraq in recent years using drones, it is rare for the attacks to come from Iranian soil, according to Wall Street.
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment, according to the newspaper.
Iraq has a wide eastern border with Iran, which has political and economic influence in this country and supports armed factions in it.
These attacks are usually not claimed by any party, but Washington attributes them to Iraqi pro-Iranian factions calling for the withdrawal of all US forces in Iraq within the framework of the international coalition to combat the Islamic State.