Iran claims at least five US troops have been killed in a US missile attack on a US airbase in Iraq. Iranian state TV reported this, news agency Reuters reported.

More than a dozen missiles have been fired from Al-Assad US airport in western Iraq’s Al-Anbar province from Tuesday afternoon and later in Iraq’s Kurdish-dominated Iraqi airspace in central Iraq.

Iranian state TV says Iran has launched a missile attack on al-Assad in Iraq in retaliation for the assassination of Iranian General Qasim Soleimani in a US attack in Baghdad.

According to Iraqi military data, a total of 22 missiles attacked US airstrikes. Two of these missiles were ineffective, while the rest were targeted.

The United States acknowledged the attack but did not report any casualties.

Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone attack in Baghdad, Iraq, early Friday. Iran announced revenge for the killing of Soleimani.

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