article_snippet.sent: But on Friday, a car bomb killed three people outside the US consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region that is allied with Washington in a war against ISIS, which claimed the attack.
article_snippet.sent: No US personnel were hurt in a car bomb, 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 US consulate in Erbil, capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, on Friday. ' .
article_snippet.sent: Kurdish security forces respond to an explosion at the pedestrian entrance to the US Consulate complex .