12 ballistic missiles hit Iraq’s Kurdish regional capital

BAGHDAD: MARCH. 13 – Twelve ballistic missiles launched from outside Iraq struck the country’s northern Kurdish regional capital Erbil on Sunday, the regional government said.

The attack occurred at 1:00 a.m. (2200 GMT Saturday) when “12 long-range ballistic missiles were fired from the east outside the Iraqi borders towards the new building of the U.S. consulate in Erbil and surrounding residential areas, as well as near the building of Kurdistan 24 TV Channel,” the regional Interior Ministry said in a statement.