The latest regional news about the Iran strike:
- Iran is launching more than 12 “surface-to-surface” ballistic missiles at two bases housing US troops in Iraq in retaliation for the death of Qassem Soleimani.
- Some sources report that there might be casualities of Americans.
- US President Donald Trump said that “All is well”, and confirms that U.S. has many options for response to the Iranian missile strike.
- Trump announces he will make a statement tomorrow morning.
- The US aviation authority has prohibited its civil flight operators from using the airspace over Iraq, Iran and the Gulf.
- Iran claims 80 Americans were killed in its missile strike.
- Iranian Minister of foreign affairs, Mohammad Javad Zarif, confirms that the missile strike is an “equal” retaliatory measure.
- Two tremors near the Bushehr nuclear reactor in Iran, the first with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale, and the second with a magnitude of 4.5.
- Flydubai cancels today its flights to Baghdad and operates flights to Basra and Najaf, due to tensions in the region.
- Emirates Airlines cancels two flights No. EK 943 from Dubai to Baghdad and flight EK 944 from Baghdad to Dubai today for operational reasons.
- The Iraqi army: There were no casualties among our forces due to the Iranian attack on “Ain al-Assad”.
- Iranian Television: An expected word for Rouhani after the missile attack.
- 170 people died in Ukrainian plane crash in Tehran.