Iran launches ballistic missile attacks on two U.S. bases in IraqJanuary 8, 2020 - 10:26 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran launched a ballistic missile attack on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in the early hours of Wednesday, January 8, CNN reports. More than a dozen missiles struck the al-Asad airbase and another base in Erbil, both Iranian and American sources confirmed the reports. So far it seems that there were no casualties. U.S. military sources said troops were given enough warning to reach shelters before the missiles struck. The attacks were Iran's response to the killing of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by the United States in Baghdad. Iran called the U.S. attack an "act of war" and "state terrorism" and vowed a response. After Iran's attacks, foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that Tehran did not "seek escalation or war." “Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," he tweeted. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |