2024 Iranian Missile Strikes In Iraq And Syria: 15 January 2024 missil strikes in Iraq and Syria
During the evening of 15 January 2024, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian military, launched ballistic missiles towards the United States Consulate in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan as well as an alleged Mossad spy headquarters.
The United States stated the attack was a failure as it did not cause damage to the intended targets. However, the attack did lead to the assassination of Peshraw Dizayee, the CEO of Empire World and one of the richest people in Iraq. The IRGC announced in its statement that they had also struck Islamic State forces in northwestern Syria. The IRGC said, these attacks was a response to the assassinations of "resistance elements" by Israel and strike on Syria was in response to recent attacks by terrorists in Rask and Kerman.
| 2024 Erbil attack | |||||
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| Part of Regional escalation of Israel–Hamas war, Red Sea Crisis and Iran–United States proxy conflict | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Iran |  United States Israel | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
United States Consulate in Erbil A Mossad spy headquarters | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| None | 4 civilians killed 6 civilians injured | ||||
Background
The attack occurred at a time when huge number of people particularly Arabs are calling for the departure of United States forces from the region.
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