Operation Martyr Soleimani

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The operation martyrs Soleimani was a military operation Iranian Revolutionary Guard on January 8, 2020, the US military in Iraq in response to the targeted killing of General Qasem Soleimani , the commander of the Quds Force , by a US drone in Baghdad . The operation consisted of 110 surface-to-surface missiles and was announced by the Iranian agency Tasnim on the same day.

Al-Asad military airfield after the 2020 missile attack

Two US facilities in Iraq were hit: the Ain al-Assad military airfield in the western part of the country and the airfield in the northern Erbil province . In addition, the intention was announced to attack Israel if the United States should retaliate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tagesschau.de: Iran attacks US targets in Iraq. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Iran shoots at military bases in Iraq: US troops are targeted - derStandard.de. Retrieved February 28, 2020 (Austrian German).
  3. ↑ Fear of war after a rocket attack: The revenge of the Iranians. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Alfred Hackensberger: Iran: Conflict with the USA - That is the real message of the missiles . In: THE WORLD . January 8, 2020 ( welt.de [accessed February 28, 2020]).
  5. ↑ n-tv NEWS: Iran attacks US troops in Iraq. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Iran attacks US military in Iraq. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ DPA: Iranian missile attack on the base in Iraq used by the US military. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .