❗️ Several explosions occurred on Tuesday in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital of Erbil near the US Consulate General and Erbil International Airport, a security source in Iraq told Sputnik.

"Several explosions occurred in Erbil near the US consulate and the airport in northern Iraq," the source said.

The international airport is adjacent to the Harir military base used by forces of the US-led international coalition.

At the same time, the Shafaq news agency reported, citing a source at Iraqi Airways that flights at the airport were temporarily suspended due to a missile attack. The report added that all the missiles were shot down, but it was unclear where they were launched from.

On Wednesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called on the Shiite "resistance front" in various Arab countries to "strike the enemy" wherever it may be.

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) took responsibility on Tuesday for missile attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital of Erbil, claiming that it targeted bases of anti-Iranian terrorist groups.

Earlier in the day, a security source in Iraq told Sputnik that several explosions occurred in Erbil near the US Consulate General and Erbil International Airport.

"In response to the recent terrorist attacks by Iran's enemies, spy headquarters and enemy headquarters of anti-Iran terrorist groups in parts of the Middle East region were attacked with several IRGC ballistic missiles," the IRGC was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency.

The report added that the IRGC fired ballistic missiles at one of the main headquarters of the Israeli Secret Intelligence Service (Mossad) in Iraqi Kurdistan and destroyed it. The headquarters was reportedly the center for developing special operations and planning terrorist attacks in the Middle East region, in particular in Iran.

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❗️ Four people were killed as a result of a missile strike conducted by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital of Erbil, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing an Iraqi security source.

On Tuesday, a security source in Iraq told Sputnik that several explosions occurred in Erbil near the US Consulate General and Erbil International Airport. Later, the IRGC took responsibility for missile attacks, claiming that it targeted bases of anti-Iranian terrorist groups, in particular one of the main headquarters of the Israeli Secret Intelligence Service (Mossad) in Iraqi Kurdistan. The targets were reportedly destroyed. Reuters reported, in turn, that no US facilities were damaged by the missile attack.

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❗️ US not tracking any damage to its infrastructure in Erbil after the strikes, no injuries among US personnel at this time, a US official told Sputnik.

US will continue to assess situation after strikes in Erbil, calls it "reckless and imprecise set of strikes," the National Security Council (NSC) stated.

US in touch with senior Iraqi officials, as well as officials in the Kurdistan region amid missile attacks, the council said.

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🇰🇵🇰🇷 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that South Korea should be designated in the constitution as the number one hostile country, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing North Korean state-run news agency KCNA.

At the same time, Kim Jong Un noted that his country does not want war, but does not intend to avoid it, and if South Korea crosses the border with Pyongyang by at least 0.001 millimeters, such an action will be regarded as a provocation of war, Reuters reported, citing KCNA.

The North Korean leader added that the war would destroy South Korea and deal a major defeat to the United States, the report added.

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The target of the Iranian attack was a training center for the Khorasan IS* cell. Their forces were sent by the United States to Afghanistan and from there transferred to Iran to carry out terrorist attacks, the Al-Mayadeen and Tasnim news agencies quoted local sources as saying.

Iran used very precise ballistic missiles in its attack that were also able to hit the main headquarters of the Turkestan-Taqfiri terrorist group, the media reported.

Iranian agencies note that the targets were more than 1,200 kilometers away from the missiles' launching points, demonstrating Iran's longest-range attack to date.

*IS (ISIS/ISIL) is a terrorist organization banned in Russia and many other countries.

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The Iranian strikes on Erbil killed Peshrav Dizeyi, a Kurdish businessman who owned the largest residential complexes in Iraq's second largest city, according to the media. He, his wife, and two other members of his family were reportedly killed.

First footage from the scene of an IRGC missile hitting terrorist headquarters in Iraqi Kurdistan.

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“I can hear those champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow – like it’s Christmas every f***ing day,” said a European diplomat to US media recently. The envoy discussed the decline of America’s influence as domestic political chaos threatens the country’s ability to lead on foreign affairs.

A dozen current and former ambassadors agreed, suggesting global leaders are coming around to Russia’s long standing position on the capricious and self-serving nature of the US’ engagement with the world.

Last year’s House speakership battle and threats of a government shutdown have undermined the US’ ability to engage internationally in the midst of major world conflicts.

The trend is likely to create opportunities for Russia, China, and the BRICS economic bloc to provide leadership in an increasingly multipolar world.

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