Iranians take credit for rocket attack on base housing US troops

At least 10 rockets hit al-Asad airbase in Iraq, which houses US forces, a Sunni commander of the paramilitary forces in a nearby town told CNN

Qatri al-Obeidi, a commander in the nearby town of al-Baghdadi, said that the shelling has stopped for now. President Donald Trump visited the base in December 2018 to visit troops after Christmas. Vice President Mike Pence also visited the base in November 2019. The attack follows last week's deadly US drone strike that Trump ordered to kill key Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.Iranian state TV reported that the Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC,"has hit U.S.

CNN reported earlier on Tuesday that US forces and air-defense missile batteries across the Middle East were placed on high alert overnight Monday to possibly shoot down Iranian drones as intelligence mounted about a threat of an imminent attack against US targets, according to two US officials.Trump was briefed on the reports of rocket attacks, White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said.Read More"We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq.

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