Press release
Attack on Iraqi military base: Foreign Office Statement
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office responds to the recent rocket attack by Kataib Hizballah on an Iraqi military base near Kirkuk.
A Foreign & Commonwealth Office spokesperson said:
The UK condemns the recent rocket attack by Kataib Hizballah on the Iraqi military base near Kirkuk. We support US action yesterday to defend Coalition forces.
Coalition forces, including UK, are in Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government to defeat Daesh and to build a secure and prosperous Iraq.