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Attacks by Iran and its paramilitary proxies have intensified in Iraq and the country's Kurdistan region.
This weekend, rockets hit the U.S.
Embassy in Baghdad.
NPR's Jayna Raff has more.
Iran and the Iraqi militias at Baks hit a hotel used by the U.N.
in the city of Sulaymaniyah,
as well as a brigade of Kurdish fighters and an Iranian opposition base near the Kurdistan region's second city.
Kamala, an Iranian armed opposition group at its base near Soleimaniya,
was hit by a missile Saturday, killing one of its fighters and wounding another.
In the regional capital Erbil, drone attacks at the airport compound where U.S.
forces are based killed a member of the region's internal security forces,
the provincial governor told NPR.
The Iraqi government pledged to arrest militia members at Blaine for rocket attacks on the U.S.
Embassy in Baghdad Saturday.
Security sources said one of the rockets hit the embassy's helicopter landing pad.
Jane Arraff, NPR News, Erbil.
President Trump has sharpened his invective against Britain's prime minister despite reports that the UK is preparing to send an aircraft carrier to the Gulf region.
Vicki Barker has more.
In his social media post, reported widely by British news outlets, Trump said the U.S.