The Iraqi Foreign Ministry confirmed, on Wednesday, that Iraqi lands and bases were subjected to midnight Wednesday, Iranian missile strikes targeting camps that include Iraqi and non-Iraqi forces, while indicating that the Iranian ambassador will be called.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Al-Sahaf, said in a statement today, Wednesday, that "the Iraqi territories and bases were subjected to midnight Wednesday, 1/8/2020, Iranian missile strikes targeting camps that include Iraqi and non-Iraqi forces."
He added that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejects these attacks, and considers them a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, it calls on all parties concerned to show restraint, and work to reduce the level of tension in the region, and not to make Iraq a battlefield to settle their accounts, and to work to resolve the crises that plague the region." According to Alsumaria TV news.
Al-Sahaf pointed out that "Iraq is an independent country, and that its internal security is a priority and attention of adults, and we will not allow it to be a battlefield, a passage to carry out attacks, or a place to use its lands to harm neighboring countries," stressing that "the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will call the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to inform him Of the above, "he said.
The Pentagon announced that "Iran fired at dawn Wednesday more than 12 missiles at two military bases in Iraq used by American forces, noting that it was assessing the damage and ways to" respond "to this strike, which Tehran said had launched in retaliation for the assassination. General Qassem Soleimani with an American raid in Baghdad last week. "
