Iran hits Iraqi military bases housing US troops

BARDARASH, IRAQ - JANUARY 08: The remains of ballistic missiles fired at a US airbase by the Iranian military on could be seen on the ground near the Ain al-Asad facility in Iraq, on January 08, 2020. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Wednesday in a statement that it targeted Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a facility jointly operated by U.S. and Iraqi forces, with "tens of missiles". Twelves missiles were thought to have landed at the airbase. The US said there were no reported injuries. The IRGC It said the shelling “is merely the beginning of a series of revenge attacks with no deadline for when it ends," it said. "We warn all allied countries of the U.S. that if attacks are launched from bases in their countries on Iran, they will be a target of military retaliation," it added. A second wave of missile attacks against American forces in Iraq has begun, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency announced. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned on their Telegram channel that in the event that Iranian soil is bombed, they would launch a third wave of attacks to destroy Dubai and Haifa. (Footage by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)