Iraq: Missile Attack Causes Tank Fire In Oil Refinery

A missile attack targeted an oil refinery in Iraq's northern city of Erbil on Sunday, causing a fire in one of its main tanks.

Reuters reports that the Iraqi security forces said in a statement that a missile also landed on the outer fence of the refinery without causing any casualties.

Earlier on Sunday, the anti-terrorism authorities in the Kurdistan region said 6 missiles landed near the KAR refinery in Erbil, adding they were launched from Nineveh province.

The security forces also said they found a launchpad and four missiles in the Nineveh Plain after the attack and defused them.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said the armed forces will pursue the perpetrators while discussing the security situation in a phone call with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani.

The Middle East Monitor reports that in March, Iran attacked Erbil with a dozen ballistic missiles in an unprecedented assault on the capital of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish region.