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Missile hits Italian base in northern Iraq, defence ministry sayspublished at 08:10 GMT

published at 01:10

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent reporting from Erbil, northern Iraq

Italy’s defence ministry says a missile struck an Italian base in the city of Erbil, in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, overnight, without causing any casualties.

The ministry did not say who it believed it was behind the attack. Italy has about 300 soldiers in Erbil, training Kurdish forces.

Erbil, where a US military base is also located, has been a key target of Iran’s retaliatory strikes and Iranian-backed militias since Israel and the US launched a war against Iran.

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