Four explosions heard in Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah — Rudaw

Four explosions heard in Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah — Rudaw The channel gave no details of the attackTUNIS, July 17. /TASS/. At least four explosions were heard in the Sulaymaniyah, the second-largest city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Kurdish TV channel Rudaw said. The channel gave no details of the attack. Earlier, Iran announced launching Operation Lightning against US military bases in the Middle East in response to US attacks against the Islamic Republic. US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait have already been attacked. 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