White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on March 13 that Iran’s missile attack on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq targeted a civilian residence. In a press briefing, Sullivan said the United States condemns the attack “in the strongest terms” and that the barrage of missiles had targeted a civilian residence in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, “without any justification.” No injuries or deaths have been reported from the attack. “The United States stands with Prime Minister Kadhimi and the leaders of the Kurdistan Region, President Nechirvan Barzani, and Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, in condemning this assault on the sovereignty of Iraq and its Kurdistan region,” Sullivan said. “We will support the Government of Iraq in holding Iran accountable, and we will support our partners throughout the Middle East in confronting similar threats from Iran.” “The United States of America stands behind the full sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of Iraq,” Sullivan added. Officials in Kurdistan, a …