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US forces launched the jet after tracking dozens of Iranian short-range ballistic missiles headed for Kurdish positions in northern Iraq Wednesday, according to two other US officials.
An unidentified drone crashed in the north of Erbil, capital of Iraq s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, leaving three people injured, the regional Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said in a statement.The drone exploded on Wednesday, Xinhua .