Operation Martyr Soleimani
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title:
Operation Martyr Soleimani
text:
On 8 January 2020, in a military operation code named Operation Martyr Soleimani, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched over 12 ballistic missiles at the al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq, as well as another airbase in Erbil, in response to the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani by a United States drone strike. The strike was the largest ballistic missile attack ever against U.S. forces abroad. Initially, the U.S. was not willing to concede the
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2020 Iranian missile strike on U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Martyr_Soleimani
date created:
2020-01-07T23:43:21Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T01:14:11Z
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