Parts of Iranian missiles that hit US airbase in Iraq seen on ground
By Reuters
11 January 2020 |
3:04 pm
The remains of ballistic missiles fired at a US airbase by the Iranian military on could be seen on the ground near the Ain al-Asad facility in Erbil, Iraq, on Wednesday, 2020.
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