AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) – The Iraqi Catholic community feels unsettled after Iran launched ballistic missiles, striking upscale neighborhoods of Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, signaling the latest spate of violence targeting northern Iraq.
Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it targeted a spy base for Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, close to the U.S. consulate in Iraq Jan. 15, a charge refuted by both the region’s prime minister and the United States.
The strikes killed four, including Kurdish real…
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