Iraq: At 1am local time, Iran attacked a compound with 12 Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missiles, near the US consulate, the US coalition's base and the airport in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

It is claimed that the compound belongs to the Israeli Mossad.

⋯ AP: Officials in Iraq and the U.S. gave different accounts of damage: A second U.S. official said there was no damage and no casualties at any U.S. government facility. Iraqi officials said several missiles hit the U.S. consulate, which is new and empty.

⋯ As of now, Iran hasn't released a statement about its attack nor has impact photos been released.

Saudi Arabia will not hand the bodies of the executed political dissidents to their families, and has threatened the latter against hosting any mourning ceremonies in Qatif or virtually on social media.

The bodies will be buried in secret unmarked graves.

Yesterday's attack was two waves.

The first was at 1:03 am:

⋯ While the second wave was at 1:20 am

Beqaa: Tension in front of the Lebanese army barracks in the town of Shaath, after the Lebanese army killed a man who did not comply with the soldiers’ orders to stop at the checkpoint.

IRGC: "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

In response to the crimes of the Zionist entity, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announces the targeting of a strategic center for Zionist conspiracy and evil in Erbil with precision missiles."

The Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), Gebran Bassil's party, nominated 20 candidates for the 2022 elections. While it is less than in previous years, likely more “independent” candidates will be supported to form a coalition.

• Akkar: Assaad Dargham, Jimmy Jabbour
• Koura: George Atallah
• Zgharta: Pierre Raffoul
• Byblos: Simon Abu Rumya
• Batroun: Gebran Bassil
• Keserwan: Nada Boustani
• Matn: Eddie Maalouf, Elias Abu Saab, Ibrahim Kanaan
• Baabda: Alain Aoun
• Aley: Cesar Abi Khalil
• Chouf: Ghassan Atallah
• Beirut (1st): Nicolas Sahnawi
• Jezzine: Salim Khoury, Amal Abu Zeid, Ziad Aswad
• Zahle: Salim Aoun
• Beirut (2nd): Edgar Trabelsi
• Western Beqaa: Charbel Maroun
• Northern Beqaa: will be decided later.

List by FPM / Al-Manar

The Iraqi government, MFA, Iraqi Kurdistan government, and Muqtada Al-Sadr condemn the attack on Kurdistan and denies Mossad is present in the country.

Beqaa: A gas tank exploded, and its fire extended to a warehouse for storing gas bottles in Al-Qasr-Hermel, which led to several injuries.

The snow storm continues to cover Dahr Al-Baidar area in north Lebanon.

It is expected to last for few more days.

IRGC to Tasnim:

- Attack involved 10 Fateh-110 missiles, all of which hit their targets accurately

- The target was the HQ of Israel in Erbil, not the U.S. Consulate

- The operation took place after the Zionist regime carried out actions that harm Iran’s interests from Erbil

Head of Hezbullah's parliamentary bloc Muhammad Raad:

“We know how many American soldiers are travelling between Hamat and Rayak and the embassy in Awkar. The number of the US soldiers is greater than the number of Iranian civilians who have official residency in Lebanon.”

Hezbullah: “This criminal regime carried out a mass field execution that reveals its truth by practicing the most heinous forms of sectarian discrimination against its people who demand the most basic rights to a dignified life. This terrorist regime, which wears the guise of Islam and claims to serve the Two Holy Mosques, is working in the service of the Zionist enemy and normalization with it. It is certain that all the treacherous steps taken by the Gulf emirates would not have taken place without Saudi Arabia's support and approval.”