The attack on Rumeilan is significant from a number of points of view.
Iraq didn't explicitly criminalize gay sex, though loosely defined morality clauses in its penal code had been used to target LGBT people, members of the community have also been killed.
The four expatriate workers killed in the attack were from Yemen, a statement from the Kurdish regional government said.
Biden created this position in the immediate aftermath of Hamas's attacks on October 7 to " lead US regional diplomacy to surge humanitarian aid to Gaza," Blinken said.
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The attacks came one day after a huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups.
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A huge blast hit an Iraqi military base used by Popular Mobilization Forces near Baghdad.
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani refutes claims made by the IDF that missiles or drones were launched from Iraq,