Iran fires rockets at US forces in Iraq: All the latest updates
Iranian rockets hit two Iraqi bases hosting US troops amid escalating tensions following US killing of Iran’s Soleimani.
Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops, the Pentagon confirmed.
The rockets fired at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and a base in Erbil early on Wednesday came amid escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The attacks follow the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. Iran had vowed severe retailiation.
Here are all of the latest updates as of Wednesday, January 8:
Oil surges, stocks fall after Iran attack
Philippines to evacuate citizens from Iraq
Iranian official warns any US retaliation will lead to regional war
Trump tweets ‘all is well’
Zarif: Iran took proportionate measures in self-defence
Soleimani buried
Read more at https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iran-fires-rockets-forces-iraq-latest-updates-200107235228432.html
