Five rockets hit the Ain al-Assad airbase on Tuesday.
The base hosts American soldiers.
Heavy missile attacks were carried out by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps on the Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq that hosts both Iraqi and US soldiers on Tuesday night.
Nine missiles hit the airbase, according to Al-Hadath.
A US military official confirmed to that US forces were being targeted by rocket attacks.
A senior US military source in Iraq said that US soldiers were being targeted by either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles fired from Iranian territory at multiple US bases and targets throughout Iraq, tweeted Jennifer Griffin, a Fox News correspondent.
“Shelter in place” sirens were heard at the Taji base in Iraq north of Baghdad on Tuesday five rockets were reportedly fired at the base that hosts American soldiers. Kurdistan 24 reporter Barzan Sadiq tweeted that the base was calm on Tuesday night and reports indicated that the reported attack may have been a drill.
Sirens were heard soon after at the US consulate in Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
According to Al Mayadeen, the sirens in Erbil were a drill.
