Al Qaeda affiliate claims rare bomb attack in Iraqi Kurdistan

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - An al Qaeda affiliate claimed responsibility for a rare bomb attack in Iraq's usually peaceful Kurdistan region and said it was in revenge for the enclave's support for fellow Kurds fighting Islamists in Syria.

At least six people were killed when militants tried to storm the headquarters of the security services in the Kurdish capital Arbil last month in the first big attack there since 2007.