Concern for Italian troops in risk zones is high says Mantovano

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 12 - Cabinet Secretary Alfredo Mantovano said Thursday that the government was worried about the safety of Italian troops in the Middle East after the outbreak of the Iran war. An Italian base in Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan, was hit overnight and Italy has many troops deployed in the region, including over a 1,000 taking part in the UNIFIL operation in southern Lebanon, where Israel has launched an offensive against Hezbollah. "Concern is high precisely because our soldiers a...

By ANSA