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Iran attacks a US airbase in Iraq: What we know so far

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei speaks during his meeting with students in Tehran, Iran on October 18, 2017. | Iranian Leader’s Press Office - Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

This may be in retaliation for the US killing Qassem Soleimani.

Iran has just fired multiple missiles at US military targets in Iraq, two US officials told me, likely in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s decision last week to kill Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s most elite military and intelligence force.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a part of Iran’s military in which Suleimani was a leading figure, claimed responsibility for the attack. For days, Iranian officials signaled that they would strike US military targets in response to Soleimani’s killing. It’s possible this is that attack.

The White House has already put out a statement about the attack saying that Trump “is monitoring the situation.” Two US officials — one in the White House and one in the Pentagon — told me that missiles were launched at Al Asad airbase.

It’s important to note that Iran doesn’t have missiles that can reach the US mainland from Iran, and it doesn’t even have a nuclear weapon. It’s why Iran uses proxies and weapons at its disposal mainly to strike US targets and American allies in the Middle East.

Details of this attack are still developing, though, but here’s what we do and don’t know so far. We will continue updating this story as we learn more.

What we know

  • Over six rockets have reportedly hit the Al Asad airbase located west of Baghdad where US and Iraqi troops reside. There are also reports of rockets landing on US targets in Erbil in Iraq’s north. So far there are no confirmed reports of anyone dead, injured, or even damage.

What we don’t know

  • The exact reason for this attack
  • If anyone has been injured or killed
  • What the US response will be to the attack



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