TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Sunday claimed responsibility for a missile attack targeting an Iraqi base of a Kurdish separatist group. Tasnim said the missiles travelled some 220 kilometres (135 miles) to reach the base in Koya, in northern Iraq. Saturday’s attack comes after the PDKI accused Iran on Friday of carrying out “indiscriminate shelling” targeting the border region. The PDKI declared a unilateral cease-fire with Iran in 1996 after fighting in northern Iraq between warring Kurdish forces backed by Iraq and Iran. Kurdish resentments have grown recently, buoyed by Kurdish control of areas in northern Iraq.

Source: National Post September 09, 2018 13:07 UTC