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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.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 30 December 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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.

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Published 30 December 2019