Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched a barrage of ballistic missiles against targets in Syria and northern Iraq, including what the elite force described as an Israeli intelligence centre, in a significant escalation of hostilities with Israel.
The guards said on Monday the missile strikes on an “espionage centre” in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, was retaliation for Israeli attacks that have killed at least one Iranian commander in December, as well as members of Iranian-backed militant groups.
Iranian forces also launched missile attacks in Syria, which the guards said were in response to a suicide bombing this month in southern Iran that killed almost 100 people, according to Iranian state news agencies. Isis claimed responsibility for that bombing.
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