2020 Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Iraq

When

8 Jan 2020

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

0

Coordinates

33.80° N, 42.43° E

Description

Iranian military offensive on January 8, 2020

Injured

110

Cause

assassination of Qasem Soleimani

2020 Iranian military operation in Iraq

On 8 January 2020, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted Operation Martyr Soleimani, launching over 12 ballistic missiles against the United States Armed Forces at al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in response to the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Iran launches ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. soldiers, injuring over 100 personnel”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les Forces armées iraniennes bombardent deux bases militaires internationales, celles d'Erbil et d'Aïn al-Assad”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Несколько военных объектов США на территории Ирака атакованы Корпусом стражей исламской революции (КСИР) Ирана”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “La Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica ataca simultáneamente, con decenas de misiles, las bases aéreas de Al Asad y Erbil”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الحرس الثوري الإيراني ينفذ ضربات صاروخية قبل الفجر، ضد قاعدتين عسكريتين بهما قوات أمريكية في العراق”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حمله موشکی ایران به نیروهای آمریکایی در عراق و مجروح شدن چند نفر از پرسنل پایگاه آمریکا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2020年伊朗襲擊伊拉克美軍基地”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page