The Assassination

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Iran , a ballistic-missile attack on air base housing U.S. forces in Iraq, in retaliation for the U.S. killing of General Qasem Soleimani has carried out.

More Than a dozen rockets from Iran hit two air force bases in Irbil and the Al Asad West of Baghdad.

It is unclear whether there were any victims.

The first reaction from Washington was muted. President Trump and said the number of victims and damage were recorded.

Two Iraqi base housing U.S. and coalition troops targeted were taken, one at Al-Asad And One in Irbil, about 02:00 local time on Wednesday (22:30 GMT on Tuesday ). It came only hours after the funeral of Soleimani, who controls Iran 's proxy forces in the entire Middle East .

Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said The Attack was "a slap in The Face " for the United States and demanded an end to the U.S. presence in the Middle East .

This is The Most direct attack by Iran , said US since 1979

Echo him, President Hassan Rouhani , Iran 's "final response" to Soleimani's assassination would be "kick all US troops from the region".

Iraq's Prime Minister , Adel Abdul Mahdi, said that Iran warned him that an attack is imminent, and areas that are only aligned with U.S. troops. There were no reports of Iraqi victims, he said.

Only a few hours after the rocket attacks. There is no evidence that the two incidents are connected.

Several airlines have announced they are avoiding both the Iranian and Iraqi air space in The Middle of The Rising voltage.

this Is the end of the escalation?

This is The Most direct attack by Iran on the US since the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979.

the Iranian revolutionary guards, said The Attack was killed in retaliation for the death of Soleimani on Friday in a rocket strike outside the airport of Baghdad on the orders of President trump, and warned US allies that could use your support points will also be addressed.

Iran 's defense Minister Amir Hatami said Iran 's response to U.S. retaliation would be proportional to the actions of the United States.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said The Attack was in self-defense and to seek out refused to escalate The Situation into war.

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen in Baghdad, says The Tweets appear to suggest that Iran wants to put an end to his retaliation for the murder of Soleimani and put the burden of proof is on US, if The Situation escalates.

in view of the importance of The General Soleimani and The Passions that aroused his killing of Iran military strike against American bases in Iraq was a modest answer.

The Attack was clearly to cause time to as little losses as possible. Both the United States and Iran - for all their Rhetoric - not want a larger conflict. So maybe a line can be drawn under this matter for now.

this Is the end of the Iran in retaliation? The time will show it.

But it is hard to see a change in the Iranian policy. It is probably still trying to secure its regional objectives, not least with The Departure of U.S. troops from Iraq.

The Soleimani, weakened the position of the United States there. But rocket attacks from Iran 's Proxy - the local Shia militias against U.S. bases, formed The Prelude to this latest crisis.

the US is any measure of deterrence Has? And if not, is inspired by Iran , the attacks will continue from time to time?

What is the status of U.S. troops in Iraq?

The United States has about 5,000 troops in Iraq with the task of preventing a resurgence of the Islamic state group (IS) it.

President Trump said on Tuesday a U.S. withdrawal of troops from Iraq would be the worst thing for the country.

His comments came in a letter, Iraq's Prime Minister , proposed that the United States would be a "repositioning" of forces in the country.

What other reaction to have been?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would Strike Back hard against any attack, and said President Trump should be congratulated for acting "swiftly, boldly and decisively" in the murder of Soleimani.

While Iraq's Prime Minister , Adel Abdul Mahdi called for restraint on all sides, and warned that The Crisis threatens a "devastating war in Iraq, the region and The World ".

the British Prime Minister . The British Ministry of defence said it was "urgently working to establish the facts on the ground", but said that there had been no British losses.

France, the United Arab Emirates and the Nato defence Alliance, also called for de-escalation.

As we have here?

the murder of The Soleimani - the Head of The Revolutionary guards' elite Quds Force and architect of the Iranian policy in the region - on 3. January was a great escalation in the already deteriorating relations between Iran and the United States.

The General was considered a terrorist by the US government that says he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American troops and was planning "imminent" attacks.

Iran has vowed "severe revenge" for his death.

Mr Trump, meanwhile, the United States warned would react in the case of retribution, "maybe in a disproportionate way".

"He was a monster. And he is no longer a monster. He's dead," said Mr. Trump said, defending his decision. "He was planning a big attack, a bad attack for us. I think nobody can complain about it. "

millions of Iranians turned out for The Commander 's funeral with mourning-chants of "death to America" and "death to trump".

and A rush to the funeral in Soleimani, the home city of Kerman killed 50 people and injured 200 more on Tuesday .

Iran says The Attack was Qasem as a retaliation for the killing of the country's top commander Soleimani

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