Rocket attack kills six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq's Kurdistan, sources say


BAGHDAD, ⁠March 24 (Reuters) - ⁠At least ‌six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were ​killed and ⁠22 wounded ⁠in a rocket ⁠attack ‌on ⁠their base north of ​Erbil ‌in Iraqi ⁠Kurdistan, ​security and Peshmerga ⁠sources said on ​Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear ⁠who carried out the attack, ​the ⁠sources added.

(Reporting ​by ‌Ahmed Rasheed; Editing ​by Andrew Heavens)

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