The counter-terrorism division of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday accused the Hashed al-Shaabi, a state-sponsored paramilitary network dominated by pro-Iran forces, of targeting US forces in a rocket attack.
“Six rockets were fired from Nineveh province by the Hashed al-Shaabi, targeting Arbil airport,” where US troops are based, it said in a statement.
Earlier, three rockets targeted rebel Iranian Kurdish forces not far from Arbil airport, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan and a location where US soldiers are based, two Iraqi sources said.
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