The powerful, precise missiles fired at the US airbase in Ain al-Assad in western Iraq was in retaliation for the assassination of Lt.Gen Qassem Soleimani and Abu Muhandis along with their companions.

Iran Press/Iran news: The US military base in  Ain al-Assad, Iraq, is one of the most important bases where all US drones and helicopters are deployed. 4,000 US troops are deployed there.

In a statement released in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed that a US airbase in western Iraq has been hit with 'tens of missiles'.

The attack came in response to a US terrorist drone strike days earlier that martyred the former Commander of Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.  101/211/219

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