The Iranian state media has released the footage of the direct attack on the US base in Iraq as a retaliation of the assassination of the Iranian Commander. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' attack on the Ein Al- Assad and Irbil in Iraq after Soleimani's death was confirmed by the Pentagon on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Trump tweeted that 'all is well' and said that he will release a statement about the attack soon. Countries with troops in Iraq are rushing to identify and protect the troops and diplomats located in the country.
IRGC Launches Attack on US Ein Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq in Retaliation for Assassination of Top Iranian Commander pic.twitter.com/34fwNvsoMf
— Fars News Agency (@EnglishFars) January 8, 2020
Launched several missiles to the bases in Iraq
The video released by Fars news agency showed the launch of the missiles to the bases in Iraq. Pentagon confirmed that the launches happened from Iran. Iran's attacks were condemned by Dominic Raab, UK Foreign Secretary calling it a 'reckless and dangerous' and asked them not to repeat it.
According to a Beijing bureau researcher of a news media outlet, the Iranian embassy had posted about the missile strikes on Weibo, a social networking site in China saying that "the end of the US's evil force in western Asia has begun."
The embassy of Iran in beijing posted these on China's twitterlike weibo today, first one it says "the end of US's evil force in Western Asia, has begun" pic.twitter.com/j6W2nhAvCN
— Lillian Yang (@Lillian38589711) January 8, 2020
Iraqi's weren't harmed during the attack by the Iranian missiles in the US bases. The prime minister's security cell office the missile barrage lasted for 30 minutes from 1.45 AM and included 22 projectiles, out of which 17 landed on the Al Asad base, and two of it failed to explode. Along with these five missiles struck the city of Erbil in the north.
