Iran has launched missile strikes aimed at US troops in Iraq in what it said was retaliation for the killing last week of the top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.
The Pentagon confirmed that al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s Anbar province, and Erbil base in northern Iraq, which both host a US contingent, had been hit by a salvo of more than a dozen missiles launched from Iran.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), of which Suleimani was a member, issued a statement saying: “The brave soldiers of IRGC’s aerospace unit have launched a successful attack with tens of ballistic missiles on Al Assad military base in the name of martyr General Qassem Suleimani.”

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White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said last week that lifting the blockade on Qatar imposed three years ago by fellow Persian Gulf states will be a “priority” for the Trump administration in the next 70 days.
Speaking with The Hill, O’Brien said that there is a “possibility” that the three-year rift between Qatar and other Gulf states can be resolved.
Accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism, a land, air, and sea blockade was imposed on Qatar by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE in 2017. Qatar denies the accusations and says the blockade aims to undermine its sovereignty.
“I’d like to see that get done before—if we end up leaving office—I’d like to see that get done in the next 70 days. And I think there’s a possibility for it,” O’Brien told the news outlet during the the 2020 Global Security Forum that was hosted in part by Qatar.

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