Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops. The attack appears to be retaliation for the US airstrike that killed a top Iranian general last week, the Pentagon said last night. Here's what we know so far.
more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases housing US troops early this morning local time.
In a televised address this morning, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Iran gave the US"a slap in the face last night," in reference to the attacks.The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, an elite wing of the Iranian military, said in a statement that the attacks on Iraqi bases were"hard revenge" for the death of Soleimani.
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