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Iraq’s Foreign Ministry recalled its ambassador in Tehran for consultations on Tuesday, and summoned the Iranian charge d’affaires in Baghdad to protest the Iranian attacks on the city of Erbil. Loud explosions shook the northern Iraqi city in the autonomous region of Kurdistan shortly before midnight on Monday. Shortly after, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they attacked targets in northern Iraq and Syria with ballistic missiles, in retaliation for the recent terrorist attacks in Iran. Iraqi Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said several civilians have been killed and injured…

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