US forces have shot down an Iranian drone that was allegedly headed in the direction of Iraq's Erbil with no casualties or damage reported, Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesperson Joe Buccino said on Wednesday

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran announced on Wednesday the continuation of air strikes in northern Iraq against Kurdish bases

Deputies of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party in the Iraqi parliament condemned Iran's recent shelling of Kurdish facilities in the Erbil province in northern Iraq, calling on the government to take all measures to halt such attacks, the party said in a statement received by Sputnik on Wednesday

The United States strongly condemns Iran's use of ballistic missiles and drones in attacks on Iraqi Kurdistan, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Wednesday

The US military killed a dozen civilians and injured five others in operations undertaken abroad during 2021, the Defense Department said in its annual report on civilian casualties on Tuesday

Iraq's potential plan to build nuclear power plants is still under discussion by government officials, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Sputnik

The security situation in Iraq is okay following a short period of unrest in the country that sparked over Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's retirement, Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein told Sputnik