notice that the assad base is in western iraq. logistical base.se. g biso, we have two possibilities here. either, they hit something that's u.s. and they do damage and the u.s. will feel like they're going to have to retaliate and then we get into sort of a blow for blow account. there is also the possibility, looking at where the missiles we know have landed as of now, that the iranians m shot intoay empt hyeav desert or a place wh they wouldn't have had a chance to hurt u.s. forces to say they retaliates but really didn't hurt anything and maybe the situation wees hdecaavete a rea. av kind of damage and casualty reports we get from iraq. >> let's hope for a best case ioaren i an colonel ganyard, stick with us for our breaking coverage here. i want to get back to martha raddatz, who has new reporting in from the iranitoght, an and we've been monitoring iranian television, martha, as we came on the airhtand they were clearly eager to report that a number of ballistic missiles had been fires from iran into iraq and, in fact, the numbers they have put

one outside deal which is in northern iraq and one of the assad military base in our problems in western iraq which is the biggest military base was soldiers in iraq. the. you know they were targeting u.s. soldiers were stationed on these iraqi military bases and. yeah i mean this was expected this was something that you know us knew could happen and they definitely were preparing their shoulders to. stay on heightened alert for a response from from iran 1st we were hearing reports of these may have been rockets us now confirm that these were in fact a list of missiles why is that difference significant what does that tell us about where this attack originated. i mean that tells us they are exact probably originated from iran as opposed to coming from one of the iranian backed militias within iraq which is now the previous attacks. been carried out within iraq so this isn't the 1st time that u.s. or snarky military bases have been targeted over the past year there have been several cases where iran backed militia groups had fired rockets. and in fact you know one of the triggering events for

base and that's in western iraq we must also mention that there are over $5000.00 u.s. troops based in iraq it's a very large complex it's split into 2 though it's split into an area where american troops are based and then there are iraqi troops and another part of the base we're waiting for confirmation that in fact the attack earlier today was actually to the iraqi side we also don't know whether there are casualties yet that is still unconfirmed and it's a place that's very well known to americans why because vice president mike pence visited just a few months ago and in fact the president president trump was there back in 2018 so like i said it's a very large complex and it's quite well known here in the united states and as you mentioned we still do not know the extent of the damage or the casualties there. amir is there a sense to you that the u.s. or even iraq were prepared for this attack were they expecting something like this to happen in iran have been talking about or tallit or attack from iraq you saw the expect. the tension in the streets you can feel it i

we have learned one of the bases, asad air base in western iraq. president trump and the first lady visited a little more than a year ago, in december of 2018. president trump is being briefed at this hour, meeting with his national security team in the situation room. and it was just hours before in the white house, the president forcefully defended his order to carry out that deadly strike that killed general qassem soleimani, saying the iranian general was planning a, quote, very big attack and that the deadly strike, quote, saved a lot of lives. but the president did not reveal any evidence about the imminent attack and the president pointed to early on as just his case for the u.s. strike, saying congress would be briefed. tonight, very little on any potential casualties or where the missiles landed. but it does come as more u.s. troops have landed in the lee jom amid this escalating conflict. iran has vowed revenge. the foreign minister telling our martha raddatz just today that the u.s. will pay for what iran called its act of war. so, let's

against al assad airbase in western iraq. a dozen -- more than a dozen ballistic missiles and they're saying they were launched against -- excuse me, from iran targeting to iraqi military bases hosting u.s. military, not just at al assad and also in irbil. that was when we were trying to find out reports of explosions in irbil. now we know they were ballistic missiles fired from iran. iran had been saying that in fact this was the case. it's not surprising that if they were in fact -- if they were launching something out of iran to target u.s. installations, u.s. military inside of iraq, they would have to be ballistic missiles given the distance. this is a much more serious attack in the fact that a missile versus a rocket does a lot more damage so the fact that they were not the kind of more crude rocket attacks that we've seen against the u.s. and iraqis inside of iraq in recent days and weeks really rachets this up a notch there, chris. >> thank you, courtney at the defense -- department of defense. let's go to richard en

missiles fired from iranian territory into western iraq.ften the distance behind me, you can hear a number of helicopters that have been circling in the green zone. interestingly enough, we have not seen any militia activity. they were fired into the green zone. that has been a common occurrence here in baghdad. it appeared that the iranians wanted to take clear credit for this. he was actually the one calling the strikes tonight. but again, the reports indicating no american casualties. some iraqi casualties. there is still a damage assessment as to how many american equipment was hit. there were two chromosomes at least that struck targets near the conflict. that is still being assessed as well along with what sort of damage those missiles did. and very different scenario than what we've seen in the past. both american troops helping the security forces in the fight against isis on previous attacks including the one just about a week and a half ago that killed an american contractor and injured for u.s. service membe members. president tr

we can confirm multiple sites including al-assad airbase in western iraq are coming under attack by iranianange ballistic missiles. >> bret: the one thought was that militias loyal to iran might take up this fight in iraq or proxies elsewhere in the middle east, the fact that these missiles are coming from iran is significant. if also they believe the missile that struck the saudi facility, the refinery was from iran. >> it's extremely unusual, we have not seen a missile being fired from iran into iraq since the iran-iraq war. u.s. forces are under attack but it also has implications for sovereignty of a rock at this point. >> bret: we are gathering more details as we get video and more information we will bring it to you. turning now across the world, firefighters in australia trying to take advantage of cooler and wetter weather before the searing heat returns as they battle that country's worst ever wildfire epidemic. correspondent jeff paul shows us horrific damage that has already been done. >> it's a great indication of the heat. >> they ran from the bushfires with only their lives wi

base in western iraq and the herbal base in northern iraq have been hit those 2 facilities house us and. coalition forces alongside iraq he forces and there are now reports of iraqi casualties in those strikes and this does of course follow iran's warning that they would hit us targets in response to the death of its top general on january 3rd they were any minute she has named the operation marty a solid mani and warn the dick could launch strikes inside the u.s. in america retaliates top u.s. democrats are already questioning donald trump strategy against iran presidential candidate joe biden said trump is quote bringing us dangerously close to starting another war and house speaker nancy pelosi warned against needless provocations from the u.s. administration since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the global oil price and the u.s. a federal aviation agency has banned all american civilian flights over the persian gulf meanwhile u.s. defense secretary marcus and secretary of state my pompei you have arrived at the white house and the white house says consul

the pentagon has confirmed that the base in western iraq and the erbil base in northern iraq have been hit these are video this video. is currently on verified but is purported to show the missiles flying from iran towards those 2 bases those 2 facilities house that u.s. and coalition for. forces the statement said it is clear that these missiles were launched from iran due us media saying president trump is expected to give an address to the nation on the latest escalation so far there is no information on casualties there and this of course follows iran's warning that it would hit u.s. targets in response to the death of its top general on january 3rd they rein in the military has called it operation martyrs solar many. of the weapons of attacks on u.s. facilities in iraq the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consultancies his nation's security team well as the missile strikes happened a spokesman for iran's supreme leader tweeted this image of the iranian flag enough an apparent reference to trump's tweet of the u.s. flag just before this us nati

this was the huge ain al—asad base in western iraq.so stationed there, have been hunkering down expecting trouble since the assassination. in washington, president trump believes he's got the better of iran, assassinating its most effective general and riding out iran's response. no americans were harmed in last night's attack by the iranian regime. we suffered no casualties. all of our soldiers are safe. iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. in iran, the crowd chanted "death to america", as the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei said they had not finished yet. translation: the issue of revenge is something else. what happened last night was just a slap in the face but revenge is another issue. the big objective, he said, was to drive the americans out of the middle east. the crowd chanted "god is greatest." in baghdad, the morning did not bring much reassurance for iraqis who don't want yet another war. the badr organization, a political party based o

shouting they share the huge al—assad base in western iraq with the americans. a chance to save face, claim victory and step back for the moment. no americans were harmed in last night's attack by the iranian regime. we suffered no casualties. all of our soldiers are safe. iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. it looks different in iran. a few in tehran even got up early to celebrate revenge. here is a university student. "i have a great feeling", she said. "i hope revenge continues and i hope to see trump fail". and later, their regime's faithful chanted "death to america" as the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, told them he hadn't finished yet. translation: the issue of revenge is something else. what happened last night was just a slap in the face. for him, the assassination promotes unity in a divided country, and now iran has more time for its speciality, unconventional warfare using proxies and allies. here in baghdad, the morning had nothing for iraqis who want iranian

military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit 2 bases the air base in western iraq and another near the city in the north u.s. defense department says it's still assessing the full extent of the damage around revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general qassam solo many on friday. well for the very latest from iran let's cross over to journalist razor cuts who is in tehran to raise it we've heard from iran's president hassan rouhani this morning the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also been speaking what have they said about the attack. well this morning the. retaliation and the revenge was just a slap in the face of the u.s. the mission. last night this morning are not that big. i know that ultimate for events is to keep the u.s. out of the risen. bill be the absolute revenge for generously money assassination the president also said later today that. the u.s. removed the hand of general salim money from his body and in retaliation iran and of course its allies in the region built cars off the us from the regi

says it's still assessing the damage the miss on's reportedly hits 2 bases the assad air base in western iraq and another one in the city off and to be iran's revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the us assassination of general cost some money. it's all about the. story on the monitor the. iranian state television claiming at least 15 miss silos fired by iranian forces have hit the. base in iraq killing 80 u.s. soldiers the numbers cannot yet be verified and so far there have been no reports of casualties from the united states or other coalition forces. this promised active revenge was for the killing of top military commander general salim ani the move has been widely welcomed across iran. crowds chanting death to america as iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei tells them their message has been delivered. in court. a slight force delivered last night but what is important is that the seditious presence of american. in the region should be and it fits. on record that they want the evolution of. the country's foreign minister has also spoken out. that we've said

base in western iraq this. general allen. gave a statement a short while ago detailing the operation the iranians carried out by launching 13 ballistic missiles onto their i know u.s. base in western iraq let's hear some of what he had to say in. the missile attack conducted against the u.s. military base in fact it was the beginning of a great god willing we'll be continuing there's very little hope of any kind of reproach given the assassination an awesome solar money and now these missiles that have been launched what was important to note from the statement that we just received from the revolutionary guards is that iran was not after harming or killing u.s. military personnel by this attack or they carried out there was to hit military equipment at this u.s. base and that is what they did and this general also said that the united states is not respond they were indians were expecting a immediate response a military response from the americans but they did not do anything and he said that that is why the americans should

military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit 2 bases the assad air base in western iraq and another near the city of in the north the u.s. defense department says it's still assessing the full extent of the damage iran's revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general the money last friday. or for the very latest from iran let's cross over to journalist razor cuts who is in tehran raise it we've heard from iran's president hassan rouhani this morning the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has also been speaking what have they said about the attack. well this morning the leader said the retaliation the revenge was just a slap in the face of the u.s. to michelle. last night this morning not that they said. i know that ultimately events as to how to keep the u.s. out of the risen. bill be the absolute revenge for generously money assassination the president also said later today. the u.s. removed the hand of general still a money from his body and in retaliation iran and of course its allies in the region build cars off the us f

military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit 2 bases the assad air base in western iraq and another near the city of deal in the north the u.s. defense department says it's still assessing the full extent of the damage around revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general money on friday. for the very latest now let's cross over to baghdad where journalists maggot has been following this story what are you hearing there about possible casualties in these attacks. i mean the news is still developing that's where to get anything concert in the u.s. sources who have spoken to within the military say that they are still looking into their possible casualties and people in the iraqi military are denying that and the casualties. to this situation is still down thing and it's unclear yet whether there are actually been casualties from these attacks ok these missile attacks on the military bases in iraq is this the kind of response that was expected from iran as a reaction to the killing of custom so many it is an expected response and even in y

targeting two bases, one in western iraq and one in erbil. that's located in the center of iraqi kurdistan at the very north part of iraq. right now, there are no reports of casualties and the pentagon says it's still aassessing the damage. >> the president who visited the air base in 2018 tweeted at 9:45 p.m., all is well. adding so far so good. we have the most powerful and well-equipped military anywhere in the world. he said he will be making a statement later this morning. iranian foreign minister tweeted, iran took and concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under article 51 of u.n. charter targeting base from which coward lu armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launched. we do not seek escalation or war but will defend ourselves against any aggression. richard engel tweeted, iran making threats of mass escalation to attack more bases in iraq to unleash hezbollah and shia militias making it clear it's redty for a widespread campaign if the this escalates further with a u.s. response. >> all eyes now on was

military personnel were injured during that iranian missile attack on al assad air base in western iraq. the pentagon had previously said there were no u.s. casualties, but reports of concussions, potential traumatic brain injury has been suffered by 11 u.s. service personnel including some who have had to be sent out of the country, out of iraq for more enhanced treatment. 8 were sent to a base in germany. the remainder sent to a base in kuwait so they can get more sophisticated care. this comes after continuing questions about the missile attack, the strike on qassem soleimani. questions about how transparent the u.s. is being. the u.s. military not initially disclosing these casualties. and as the reports came in still continuing not to disclose those facts. it wasn't until it broke in the press the u.s. central command which overseas troops in the region finally issued a statement. concussions are hard to detect. sometimes they're detected days after an attack, forces hiding in the bunkers for safety likely could have suffered that kind of injury. it may have been taken a few days,

air base in western iraq and the 2nd beast of the city of irbil in the north iran says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general customs but it's not offered any evidence of american casualties the u.s. defense department says it's still assessing the full extent of the damage. with me in the studio to welcome from the aspen institute and. baka welcome tyson now as we heard the pentagon say there's still assessing the scale of damage and casualties but let me go to the original tweet sent by donald trump when he cut off the attack and he said all is well assessment of casualties this taking place so far so good what do you make of that i think that was a narrow communication to basically communicate to the american public and to the world that that didn't lead to perhaps significant casualties now we don't have any word from the defense department itself but we do have word from the iranians which is probably not credible saying that there have been a number of casualties which would be a dramatic escalation of the tensions between iran and the united states

military targets in iraq the missiles have reportedly hits 2 bases the ol assad air base that's in western iraq and another one near the city of were below iraqi security officials say there were no casualties among its security forces but the full extent of the damage still unclear at this point iran's revolutionary guard has confirmed that those attacks were in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general assembly so to many on friday. we have team coverage here on d.w. joining me in studio iraqi journalist amir mousavi and from washington ard w. d.c. correspondent pablo foley as pablo we want to head to you 1st the big question still american casualties we don't have any word on that but president donald trump tweeting the 1st we've heard from him in fact this was a couple of hours after the attack this is the tweet here and the president as you can say is seizing quote all is well and so far so good pablo certainly a different tone in that tweet from what we've been hearing from the president in just the past few days. yeah you're absolutely right far less aggressive the mall we've bee

tensions, but iraq's foreign minister said already he, president trump, toned down his rhetoric last night tweeting, all is well. >> the rockets fired which were fired from these bases in western and northern iraq and abc's serena marshall has the latest from washington where the president will give a statement this morning. serena, good morning. >> reporter: kenneth, janai, good morning to both of you. iran promised revenge and quick to take responsibility for this tit for tat strike using surface-to-surface missiles but as you said, janai, so far no casualties reported. iran striking back at the u.s. launching more than a dozen ballistic missiles seen here in iranian state tv video in what they've dubbed "operation martyr soleimani," revenge for the u.s. drone strike that killed their top military general, qassem soleimani. the u.s./iran conflict playing out on iraqi soil targeting the roughly 1,500 u.s. and coalition forces stationed about 100 miles west of baghdad at al asad air base. that's the same base president trump visited in 2018 as his first to meet troops in the region. the president taking to twitter to respond writing, all is well. assessment of casualties and d

launching missiles at multiple locations today including an american airbase in western iraq. mes just hours after the funeral for that military leader, general soleimani. in a moment we're going to go to nbc's richard engel who's in irbil over in iraq. in a moment i want to bring in jeremy bashaw. he's at the defense department. the ayatollah khamenei right after the attack and the killing t

many of them aimed at the al asad airbase in western iraq. satellite images tonight of the damage. and late today, the chairman of the joint chiefs saying iran did intend to kill personnel, that that was his opinion. but there was no loss of life. and tonight, president trump telling the american people, quote, iran appears to be standing down. no u.s. military response, but imposing harsh new sanctions. will it end there? also tonight, new reports of explosions inside baghdad's green zone. what we have learned onthat headline as well, tonight. we begin with abc's senior foreign correspondent ian pannell. he's in iraq. >> reporter: tonight, new images capturing the chaos as iranian missiles explode on a u.s. military base. just some of the 15 that slammed into the al asad site that's home to thousands of u.s. troops. newly released satellite images revealing the scale of damage. this is what the base looked like only last month. and this is what it looks like now. the damage to structures clearly visible. a u.s. official confirming iran firing nearly two dozen ballistic missiles on

base and that's in western iraq we must also mention that there are over $5000.00 u.s. troops based in iraq it's a very large complex it's split into 2 though it's split into an area where american troops are based and then there are iraqi troops in another part of the base we're waiting for confirmation that in fact the attack earlier today was actually to the iraqi side we also don't know whether there are casualties yet that is still unconfirmed and it's a place that's very well known to americans why because vice president mike pence visited just a few months ago and in fact the president president trump was there back in 2018 so like i said it's a very large complex and it's quite well known here in the united states and as you mentioned we still do not know the extent of the damage or the casualties there. amir is there a sense to you that the u.s. or even iraq were prepared for this attack were they expecting something like this to happen in iran have been talking about or tallit or attack from iraq you expect . the tension in the streets you can feel it in baghda

round of ballistic missiles into iraq, targeting american forces stationed at a military base in western iraqian revolutionary guard calling tuesday night's rocket attack "operation martyr soleimani" after the country's top military commander was killed in a u.s. air strike 48 hours prior. president trump received a briefing of the situation, meeting with his national security team in the situation room. just hours before in the white house, trump defended his ordered air strike against soleimani. >> he's been called a monster, and he was a monster. and he's no longer a monster, he's dead. >> reporter: his defense chief, mark esper, also stating soleimani was plotting to kill american soldiers and diplomats. esper adding, the u.s. acted out of self-defense. >> united states is not seeking a war with iran. but we are prepared to finish one. >> reporter: classified briefings with congressional members have been held in a secure room in the capitol building. house speaker nancy pelosi warning, quote, america and the world cannot afford war. and hours after the attack, president trump sending a m

base in western iraq this. general allen. gave a statement a short while ago detailing the operation the iranians carried out by launching 13 ballistic missiles onto their i know u.s. base in western iraq let's hear of some of what he had to say in. the missile attack conducted against the u.s. military base in fact was the beginning of a great god willing we'll be continuing. we have been hearing lots of deescalation what chance does diplomacy really have particularly after comments like this. there's very little hope of any kind of repro small amount given the assassination an awesome solar money and now these missiles that have been launched what was important to note from the statement that we just received from the revolutionary guards is that iran was not after harming or killing u.s. military personnel by this attack or they carried out there was to hit military equipment at this u.s. base and that is what they did and he's dead this general also said that the united states is not respond they were indians were expecti

satellite images show just five missiles hit the al asad base in western iraq and did only minor damage. no casualties, no crushed american bones. >> the supreme leader called the strike a slap in the face i would call it a slap clearly the intent of esper and joint chiefs chairman general mark milley ag giving troops time to get to bunkers before the missiles hit. >> richard joins us from iraq. richard, does it appear this is over as far as iran is concerned? >> reporter: it seems so from here it's clear that iran could have taken far more aggressive actions than it did but the problem in the middle east is when you start a cycle of violence like this, it is very hard to break. tonight, there were two rockets fired at the green zone they didn't hit anything, but if they had, we would be right back in crisis mode, lester. >> richard engel in iraq. >>> while the president brought the temperature of this crisis down a few degrees, he had much it continues to pose kristen welker has more now from the white house. >> reporter: as president trump backed away from the brink of military action

airbase in western iraq that is host to u.s. troops.s much consternation and discussion about whether the u.s. will be withdrawing its presence there. iran claiming responsibility for the start of these military operations. the the last few minutes, samsung fourth-quarter profits looking better than expected. ofs bettering expectations 6.5 trillion won. let's get right to the samsung earnings with robert baer. he has been covering this industry for about 30 years. what is your initial reaction when you get these numbers in front of you. reaction is quite good. we were looking for 6.5 trillion one bang. -- 6.5 trillion won. investors will be looking for a bottoming of memory pricing and a better 2020. if investors get nervous, will that affect the price of ?il >> the consumer side will be affected depending on consumer willingness to stand. we are looking for a positive 2020. there is a new announcement in february 11 of a new model of cell phone. be hundred might buying global macroeconomic or other issues. globalered by macroeconomic o

this is in western iraq out towards the syrian border. home normally to thousands of u.s. troops. it's not clear how many were based there at the time, together with a large number of iraqi troops as well. the other target was here in erbil. we found the sound of explosions at about 5:45 followed by another explosion about 30 or 40 minutes later. two of those were targeted at the erbil international airport less than two miles from here. they were intercepted bay defense system. a third missile landing out in open ground. if that is of course the case that will be analyzed by u.s. military experts to determine exactly what it was and more importantly where it came from. but it seems that the u.s. military were tracking the flight of these. now the other key site which was the al-assad air base apparently was hit by multiple rockets, although it appears a number of them failed to hit their targets. that's according to senior u.s. officials. everyone now remains on high alert, waiting to see what happens next. what will be the retal yas fria from the united states, if any. iraqi for

quentin sommerville, western iraq. laura: president trump has faced many questions over the rationale for the attack that killed soleimani. even his defense secretary says he did not see the specific evidence backi up mr. trump's claim that soleimani was planning attacks on four u.s. embassies. the president tweeted this morning, "doesn't reallyte m if an attack was imminent because of his horrible past." i was joined earlier by p.j. owy, former spokesman for the u.s. state department. does the president have a point that it doesn't matter if the attack was imminent because soleimani was aaddie? p.j.: in terms of politics and political legitimacy, he has gotten considerable support for the decision to take out general soleimani. as a constitutional matter, given tt we are not in a declared war with iran we are more like a shadow administration has not offered a convincing argument that a threat was imminent. soleimani was clearly dangerous, working against u.s. interests, but thquestion of imminence goes to whether the

they share the huge al—assad base in western iraq with the americans.me a chance to save face, claim victory and step back for the moment. no americans were harmed in last night's attack by the iranian regime. we suffered no casualties. all of our soldiers are safe. iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. it looks different in iran. a few in tehran even got up early to celebrate revenge. here is a university student. "i have a great feeling", she said. "i hope revenge continues and i hope to see trump fail". and later, the regime's faithful chanted "death to america" as the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, told them he hadn't finished yet. translation: the issue of revenge is something else. what happened last night was just a slap in the face. for him, the assassination promotes unity in a divided country, and now iran has more time for its speciality, unconventional warfare using proxies and allies. here in baghdad, the morning had nothing for iraqis who want iranian

this was the huge base in western iraq.n hunkering down expecting trouble since the assassination. in washington, resident trent believes he has got the better of iran, assassinating its most effective general and writing out iran's response. no americans were harmed in two attack by the iranian regime. we suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, iran appears to be standing down which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the worldm iran, the crowd chanted death to america as the supreme leader said they had not finished yet. the issue is something else, what happened la st is something else, what happened last night was just a slap is something else, what happened last night wasjust a slap in is something else, what happened last night was just a slap in the face but... the big objective was to drive the americans out of the middle east. the crowd chanting god is great test. —— greatest. in baghdad, the morning d

airstrike last week the pentagon has confirmed that the base in western iraq and the herbal base in northern iraq have both been hit these 2 facilities do house u.s. and coalition forces alongside iraqi forces and there are now reports of a rocket casualties in those strikes according to a lebanese news report a plane was destroyed on the runway at the base as well and this follows iran's warning that it would hit us targets in response to the death of its top gent. on january 3rd the iranian military has named the operation martir salomone and warned that further strikes are to come since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the global all price in the us a federal aviation agency has bad all flights over the persian gulf for security reasons meanwhile u.s. defense secretary mark asper and secretary of state my pompei have arrived at the white house and the white house says consultations are ongoing. we are aware of the reports of attacks on u.s. facilities in the rock the president has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his nati

airstrike last week the pentagon and the rocky military have confirmed that the i know assad base in western iraq and the erbil base in northern iraq both have been hit those 2 facilities house american and coalition forces alongside the iraqi forces the iranian military has named the approach excuse me marty of solo money and war and further strikes to follow now since news of the attack broke there has been a 4 percent spike in the global oil price but jackie i have to say that this 4 percent spike really it looks like nothing if you compare it to what iran is capable of doing in this whole circumstance imagine for instance the run blocking off the strait of hormuz the oil prices could spike you wouldn't be able to get a barrel a barrel of oil for less than hundreds of dollars which is essentially runs way of showing you can really take down the global economy of the global energy sector down with it also iranian proxies are known to unknown to set fires to oil reserves to all wells abroad and so on and so forth so with all this in mind that donald trump's response well it seems like a silver l

strike last week the pentagon and iraqi military have confirmed the base and western iraq and the air base in northern iraq have been hit those 2 facilities house u.s. and coalition forces alongside iraqi forces iranian military has named the operation martyr samani and warned of further strikes are to follow since the news of the attack broke there has been a spike in the global oil prices donald trump has responded to the attack saying that all is well and that he will make a further statements later the white house says that discussions are now on going and of course will be bring you any more on that as it does come in. and a reminder of our other breaking news story coming out of iran where a ukrainian airlines passenger jet has crashed just minutes after taking off from the capital the ukrainian interior ministry says $180.00 people were on board and they were all killed the moment of the crash was captured on video. now we also bring into the studio artist ali quarter for all the latest now what more do we know at this stage of course this is still early on and the investigatio

and a surprise visit from donald trump to the al-asad air base in western iraq, one of the targets for last night's iranian attack. the pentagon received what one official called multiplern hours wag from satellites and communication intercepts,, plenty of time for troops to take shelter in bunkers. they played down reports of geroing a caps off fthe iraqi government, and that iran was deliberately tryinto miss. in the oval office 24 hourse a, esident was threatening strong u.s. military retaliation for any iranian attack. pres. trump:if iran does anything they shouldn't be ing, they are going to b suffering the consequences, and very strongly. nick: but in the white hous l situation rot night, facing perhaps his biggest test as command for circumspection amidst public indicationfrom iranianey officials anted to call it quits. for now, the trump white house been present this as a foreign-policy victory, dramatically weakening the erican regime -- iranian regime by assassinatosg its secondfigure without embroiling u.s. us is in another protracted middle east conflict. nick bryant, bbc n

again, those are reports he is actually ordering these attacks on that base in western iraq that houses american troops. as you mentioned, there is reports of a base in northern iraq and the city, and being targeted, getting reports right now from the voice of america, just about 10 miles from here. i looked out to see what we can see. there is a base housing american troops, and also receiving rocket fire, excuse me missile fire from iran. that is important too because the types of projectiles being used, actually shooting missiles from iranian military is totally different than the region has seen previously. remember, we talk about this time lapse before of the initial strike b by a rainy impact i recommend shiite group that killed a contractor and injured four service members. that was very small compared to what we are seeing tonight. they were fired by iranian backed hezbollah. the regime is firing their own missiles from their own territories towards a base housing american troops is a major escalation. we talk about the issue of american allies in the region and how they will re

iraq than al-qaeda than our forces. general soleimani has killed westerners, our allies, ourfellow americans, for a long time. oleimani at that point, and what he was doing to our forces there. justice was served. and we had to restore deterrence, because he didn't think we were going to fight back. i'm not discussing whether soleimani was a good guy or a bad guy. i'm talking about wisdom, and i'm talking about long—term strategic interest, and i'm struggling to how america assassinating soleimani a few days back is in america's long—term strategic interest. i would note the word "assassination" is the exact words iranians are using, and i don't think that's the appropriate term. this guy is a terrorist. we identified him as a terrorist under president obama. he killed 609 americans. if we didn't show that we had resolved to fight back after he just killed the 609th american, then he would feel entitled to do it again and again and again, and that's what he's been doing for 20 years. we had to restore deterrence and that's what we've done. i stand by this operation. we can't take punches to the face and not re

missiles at military targets in iraq the missiles reportedly hit 2 bases the out assad air base in western iraq and another near the city if. the u.s. defense department says it's still assessing the full extent of the damage revolutionary guard says the attack was in retaliation for the u.s. assassination of general custer solo money on friday. well joining me in the studio for more is iraqi journalist amir mousawi good to see you again. so iran has used ballistic missiles to strike 2 u.s. bases in iraq it says it's killed u.s. military personnel is this the kind of response we were expecting from iran in response to the killing of the custom so the money i think is iran warned to tula give something for the pump for the because they ask for revenge and they cannot do do not nothing this is the reaction that we are expecting and we talked on the last 2 or 3 days that week spec that could react in iraq through proxy or knowledge what we show what we see the direct targeting of watts and then to of the day we should waiting to assessment and to see how many casualties really has been killed it s

the other attack was on the al-assad air base which is in western iraq, a much more remote location. the base here in erbil is more or less in the city. the base in al-assad is out in the middle of the desert, not much else around it. that apparently took the brunt of the iranian assault with u.s. troops going down into bunkers there. but i must say it is a very large base with many bunkers, and these missiles, even a dozen or so, would not have been able to level that base. and we are still waiting to hear if there are any american casualties. there are some reports of some iraqi casualties, but we have not been able to confirm that at this stage. so, so far it seems like the iranian response has been -- and they say this is the response to killing qassem soleimani -- has been to launch these attacks. iran is making a big deal of it on its domestic media. it is also launching something of a propaganda war, saying that these attacks were devastating, that dozens of americans had been killed. it appears to try to be placating the iranian people to say that there has been a forceful re