BAGHDAD, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Six Iraqi Kurdish military personnel, known as Peshmerga, were killed and 30 others injured early Tuesday when Iranian ballistic missiles struck military positions in Erbil province, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, local authorities said.
According to a statement by the Peshmerga Ministry of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government, the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division and a force from the 5th Infantry Division of the Peshmerga forces were hit by six Iranian ballistic missiles.
The Peshmerga Ministry condemned this attack, reaffirming that it has the full right to respond to any attack targeting its people and land.
The attacks came amid heightened regional tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies have responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. ■
