Iran’s Guards attack Israel’s ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq, state media says
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Jan 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “espionage headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State.
“Ballistic missiles were used to destroy espionage centers and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups in the region late tonight,” Iran’s Guards said in a statement, naming Israel’s Mossad spy agency.
In addition to those strikes near Kurdistan’s capital Erbil, the Guards said they launched attacks against the “perpetrators of terrorist operations” in Iran, including the Islamic State.
Explosions were heard in an area some 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Erbil in the Kurdistan region, three security sources said, in a neighborhood near the U.S. consulate as well as civilian residences.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed responsibility for ballistic missile attacks in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria on Monday night, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
Targets in Erbil are reported to include a base hosting US military personnel and a “Mossad headquarters”, while the IRGC said it was aiming for ISIS and other militant groups in Syria, Irna reported.
Two US officials told Reuters that no American bases were affected by missile strikes in Erbil and there were no US casualties.
The claimed attack on the “Mossad headquarters” was retaliation for targeting IRGC leaders, the organisation said.
“This headquarters was responsible for planning and running espionage operations and terrorist activities in the region, mainly our beloved country,” it said.