Tens of missiles were launched from Iran early Wednesday at two Iraq air bases housing US and coalition troops. Hit were Al Asad and Erbil bases.Iranian state TV said ‘tens’ of surface-to-surface missiles were launched by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
‘Under missile attack from Iran,’ Fox News reported a senior US military source in Iraq said.
‘These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.’
Some unconfirmed reports said the rockets were as many as 30. The extent of casualties or material damage is not known yet.
US airbase of Ain al-Asad in western Iraq hit by missiles from Iran
The incident comes as the US and Iran stand on the brink of open war, after the assassination of Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.
“This morning, courageous fighters of the IRGC’s Air Force launched a successful operation called Operation Martyr Soleimani, with the code ‘Oh Zahra’ by firing tens of ground-to-ground missiles at the base of the terrorist and invasive U.S. forces,” the country’s state-run news outlet ISNA reported.
Tasnim News Agency, also Iranian owned confirmed the strike, saying it was a retaliation for the assassination of Soleimani.
