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IRANIAN missiles struck US targets including a military base in the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq this morning, with no confirmed casualties.
“Twelve ballistic missiles were launched from outside Iraq to target Erbil,” the Directorate General of Counter Terrorism said in a statement.
It is believed that the new US consulate building was targeted, along with bases belonging to the Israeli spy agency Mossad.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues
As the UAE-backed RSF carries out drone strikes on humanitarian infrastructure in war-torn Sudan, the US sells more weapons to the UAE, writes PAVAN KULKARNI