Several missiles launched Near US Consulate in Erbil, Northern Iraq

During the afternoon of this Saturday (early Sunday morning, local time), several missiles were launched near the US consulate in the city of Erbil (northern Iraq).

“Twelve Ballistic Missiles” were fired from outside Iraq at the US consulate in the town of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan security forces said in a statement.

Local media detail that the attacks were carried out with Fateh-110 ballistic missiles launched from Iran.

The attack was carried out with “twelve ballistic missiles fired at a neighbourhood in Erbil and aimed at the US consulate,” according to a statement from the Kurdistan counter-terrorism unit.

Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw claimed multiple missiles hit the area and said it was unclear whether the target was the US consulate or the city’s airport.

The Erbil Ministry of Health assured that there were no casualties from the attack, while the airport indicated that it was not damaged or had to interrupt flights.

“We condemn this terrorist attack launched against various sectors of Erbil, we call on the inhabitants to remain calm,” Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said in a statement.

Iraq suffers frequent attacks with rockets or armed drones, mainly against US interests and troops from the international anti-jihadist coalition, which Washington attributes to pro-Iranian Iraqi factions.

However, the last attack in Erbil was last September when armed drones fired on the airport.

Security camera captures the moment of the attack

Recordings continue to be broadcast on social networks showing the moment of the missile attack in Erbil, northern Iraq.

Shiite cleric and Iraqi politician Muqtada al-Sadr responded with outrage to the missile attack. “In the name of God, Erbil is under fire of loss and betrayal, and under pain of starvation, as if the Kurds were non-Iraqis. Rather, they are the lung of Iraq and its indivisible part,” he wrote on Twitter.