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Seven dead, 28 hurt in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan

 Seven dead, 28 hurt in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan

Iranian missiles and drones launched during Revolutionary Guards maneuvers. Photo: AFP

Erbil – Seven people were killed and 28 wounded in cross-border strikes by Iran against Iraqi Kurdistan on Wednesday, the autonomous Iraqi region’s government said.

The health ministry in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, said in a statement that “four were killed and 14 wounded” in the Koysinjaq region, and “three were killed and 14 wounded” in Sherawa.

“There are civilians among the victims,” a senior official of autonomous Kurdistan told AFP, citing a civilian among the dead.