2024 Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria
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On 15 January 2024, Iran carried out a series of aerial and drone strikes within Iraq and Syria, claiming that it had targeted the regional headquarters of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and several strongholds of terrorist groups in response to the Kerman bombings on 3 January, for which the Islamic State took responsibility. The city of Erbil, which is the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, was the target of 11 of the 15 total missiles that were fired. The remaining four missiles were directed at Syria's Idlib Governorate, targeting areas held by the Syrian opposition. In Erbil itself, the Iranian attack killed four civilians and injured 17 others. Iran's claims of having targeted the Israeli presence in Kurdistan and terrorist groups in Syria were rejected by the Iraqi government and the autonomous Kurdish government, both of which condemned the attack.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1236 | Sack of Erbil | siege, looting, Abbasid Caliphate, Mongol Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | Kurdish rebellions during World War I | Kurds, Ottoman Empire, rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1915 | Haydar Bey's Assyrian Expedition | Ottoman Empire, Kurds, military expedition, Assyrian people | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Iraqi–Kurdish conflict | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1921 | Kurdish rebellions in Turkey | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1960 | Barzani jash campaign | Kurdistan Democratic Party, military campaign, Jash, First Republic of Iraq | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1961 | Battle of Lomana | battle, Kurdistan Democratic Party, First Republic of Iraq | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1983 | Operation Dawn 2 | battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident | United States Army, United States Air Force, aviation accident, friendly fire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | May 1994 PUK–KDP clashes | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1996 | Battle of Erbil | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2006 | 2007 West Azerbaijan clashes | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | الهجمات الإيرانية على إقليم كردستان العراق | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2024 | 2024 Iranian missile strikes in Iraq and Syria | missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1994 | Iraqi Kurdish Civil War | civil war | Wikidata |
