Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP
Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP
Iraq
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Iraq rocket attack kills foreign contractor, wounding US soldier and 5 others

  • At least three rockets were fired in the direction of the airport at Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region
  • This the first such strike on a Western military or diplomatic installation in the country in nearly two months

Topic |   Iraq
Agence France-Presse
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Updated: 1:16pm, 16 Feb, 2021

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Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP
Security forces gather following a rocket attack in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, on Monday. Photo: AFP
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