article_snippet.sent: But today, a car bomb killed three people outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region that is allied with Washington in a war against Islamic State, which claimed the attack.
article_snippet.sent: No U.S. personnel were hurt in the blast, according to the State Department which said a 'vehicle-borne improvised explosive device' exploded right outside the entrance to the heavily fortified compound.
article_snippet.sent: A car bomb killed three people outside the U.S. consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, today .
article_snippet.sent: Kurdish security forces respond to an explosion at the pedestrian entrance to the U.S. Consulate complex .