Pentagon: Iran launched more than 12 ballistic missiles against Iraqi bases housing U.S. forces

Al-Asad air base.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

The Pentagon says Iran has launched "more than a dozen ballistic missiles" targeting at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. troops.

The missiles were fired from Iran, and hit the al-Asad air base in western Iraq and another base in Erbil, NBC News reports. Iran's Revolutionary Guards took credit for the attacks. "We are warning all American allies, who gave their bases to its terrorist army, that any territory that is the starting point of aggressive acts against Iran will be targeted," the Guard said in a statement.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.