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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Kurdistan Demands 'More Serious' Stance from Baghdad after Latest Rocket Barrage

Vehicles drive along a main road during a sandstorm in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on April 7, 2022. (AFP)

President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani called on the federal government in Baghdad to take a "more serous" stances in condemning the rocket attacks that have been taking place in the Region in recent months.

A missile attack targeted an oil refinery in the Kurdistan capital, Erbil on Sunday causing a fire in one of its main tanks that was later brought under control. A missile also landed in the outer fence of the refinery without causing any casualties.

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