伊朗军队向伊拉克境内美国和盟国军队驻扎的一些伊拉克军事设施发射了导弹，

五角大楼一名官员和伊拉克情报官员告诉记者，周二，库尔德埃尔比勒的艾因阿萨德空军基地和其他基地被从邻国伊朗发射的巡航导弹和短程弹道导弹击中新闻周刊。

到目前为止还没有人员伤亡的报道。

伊朗革命卫队在一份声明中声称对此次袭击负责，称之为“对精英军事团体圣城部队指挥官少将·卡西姆·索莱曼尼在2004年遭到野蛮暗杀的报复”周四美国无人机袭击巴格达国际机场附近。美国称，这位传奇的伊朗军事人物曾“计划袭击”该地区的美国人员，但官员们尚未公布此类计算的证据。

“1月7日大约下午5点30分，伊朗向在伊拉克的美军和联军发射了十几枚弹道导弹。五角大楼发言人乔纳森·霍夫曼在一份声明中说:“很明显，这些导弹是从伊朗发射的，目标是至少两个伊拉克军事基地，在阿萨德和伊尔比勒驻扎着美国军事和联军人员。”。

“我们正在进行初步的战斗损失评估，”他补充道。

白宫新闻秘书斯蒂芬妮·格里森在一份声明中说:“我们知道美国在伊拉克的设施遭到袭击的报道。”。"总统已经听取了简报，正在密切关注局势，并与他的国家安全小组进行磋商。"

1月7日，一名伊朗哀悼者在家乡克尔曼为被杀的最高将军卡西姆·索莱马尼举行葬礼游行的最后阶段举着标语牌。

索莱马尼与伊拉克人民动员部队民兵副领导人阿布·迈赫迪·穆汉迪和其他人一起被杀，他们的死亡极大地加剧了已经酝酿已久的美伊紧张局势，在美国和伊朗支持的伊拉克准军事战士之间的一周针锋相对的交流中，这种紧张局势日益加剧。

美国军方和革命卫队都认为对方是恐怖组织。

“最近几天，针对伊朗的威胁和行动，国防部采取了一切适当措施来保护我们的人员和合作伙伴。霍夫曼说:“这些基地一直处于高度戒备状态，因为有迹象表明，伊朗政权计划袭击我们在该地区的部队和利益。”。

“当我们评估局势和我们的反应时，我们将采取一切必要措施来保护和保卫美国在该地区的人员、伙伴和盟友，”他补充说。

在...之后新闻周刊周四报道索莱马尼之死时，唐纳德·特朗普总统在推特上发布了一张美国国旗的照片。伊朗最高领导人阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊在最高国家安全委员会的代表赛义德·贾利利周二在推特上发布了伊拉克袭击后伊朗国旗的图片。

特朗普警告说，如果伊朗袭击美国人员或利益，他将进行报复。周一，他表示，美国“将52个伊朗网站作为目标——其中一些网站级别很高，对伊朗和伊朗文化非常重要。”他后来否认会袭击文化遗址，并承诺遵守国际法。

伊拉克议会周日投票罢免了单方面袭击伊拉克民兵和杀害苏莱曼尼的美国军队。特朗普拒绝撤军，威胁对巴格达实施制裁，并警告五角大楼不会撤军，除非伊拉克政府为周二袭击的艾因阿萨德空军基地支付“数十亿美元”。

伊拉克总理阿黛尔·阿卜杜勒·迈赫迪说，政府应该采取“紧急措施”促进外国军队的这种撤出。美国周一给他的办公室发了一封信，信中似乎宣布了撤军的开始，但后来称之为撤军误寄的汇票。

然而，阿卜杜勒·迈赫迪周二表示，他将把这份文件视为官方文件。这位伊拉克领导人寻求平衡华盛顿和德黑兰之间的关系，这两个大国曾在2014年帮助巴格达打击伊斯兰国激进组织。

地区紧张局势和美国实施的制裁，以及圣战分子的失败和特朗普2018年退出多边协议，加剧了长达数十年的不和，其中包括美国对伊朗军方和平民的袭击。德黑兰的盟友也以美国军事人员为目标，美国国务院指责伊斯兰共和国在2003年美国入侵伊拉克直到2011年五角大楼首次撤军期间造成600多名美国士兵死亡。

这是一个发展中的故事，将随着更多信息的提供而更新。

IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FIRES MISSILES AT U.S. MILITARY BASE IN IRAQ

Iranian forces have launched missiles at a number of Iraqi military installations housing U.S. and allied forces in Iraq,

Ayn al-Asad Air Base and other sites in Kurdistan's Erbil were hit Tuesday by cruise missiles and short-range ballistic missiles launched from within neighboring Iran, a Pentagon official and Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for the attacks in a statement, calling it "revenge for the brutal assassination" of the elite military group's Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike on Thursday near Baghdad International Airport. The U.S. claimed the storied Iranian military figure had "plans to attack" U.S. personnel in the region, but officials have yet to release evidence of such calculations.

"At approximately 5:30 p.m. (EST) on January 7, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. military and coalition forces in Iraq. It is clear that these missiles were launched from Iran and targeted at least two Iraqi military bases hosting U.S. military and coalition personnel at Al-Assad and Irbil," Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.

"We are working on initial battle damage assessments," he added.

"We are aware of the reports of attacks on US facilities in Iraq," White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement. "The President has been briefed and is monitoring the situation closely and consulting with his national security team."

An Iranian mourner holds a placard during the final stage of funeral processions for slain top general Qassem Soleimani, in his hometown Kerman on January 7.

Soleimani was killed alongside Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces militia deputy leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others whose deaths have dramatically exacerbated already simmering U.S.-Iran tensions that have crescendoed during a week of tit-for-tat exchanges between the U.S. and Iran-backed Iraqi paramilitary fighters.

Both the U.S. military and Revolutionary Guard consider each other to be terrorist organizations.

"In recent days and in response to Iranian threats and actions, the Department of Defense has taken all appropriate measures to safeguard our personnel and partners. These bases have been on high alert due to indications that the Iranian regime planned to attack our forces and interests in the region," Hoffman said.

"As we evaluate the situation and our response, we will take all necessary measures to protect and defend U.S. personnel, partners, and allies in the region," he added.

After Newsweek reported Thursday on Soleimani's death, President Donald Trump posted a picture of a U.S. flag on Twitter. Saeed Jalili, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's representative to the Supreme National Security Council, tweeted an image of an Iranian flag Tuesday following the strikes in Iraq.

Trump has warned of retaliation should Iran strike U.S. personnel or interests, saying Monday he the U.S. has "targeted 52 Iranian sites — some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture." He later denied he would hit cultural sites, and promised to obey international law.

Iraq's parliament voted Sunday to oust U.S. forces who acted unilaterally in their strikes on Iraqi militias and in the operation to kill Soleimani. Trump refused to withdraw troops, threatening sanctions against Baghdad and warning the Pentagon would not pull out unless the Iraqi government paid "billions" for the very same Ayn al-Asad Air Base that was struck Tuesday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said the government should take "urgent measures" to facilitate such a pullout of foreign forces. The U.S. sent his office a letter Monday that appeared to announce the beginning of a withdrawal, but later called it a draft sent by mistake.

Abdul-Mahdi, however, said Tuesday he would treat the document as official. The Iraqi leader has sought to balance ties between both Washington and Tehran, two powers that came to Baghdad's aid against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in 2014.

A combination of regional tensions and U.S.-imposed sanctions along with the defeat of the jihadis and Trump's withdrawal from a multilateral deal in 2018, have refueled a decades-long feud that has included U.S. attacks against Iranian military and civilians. Tehran's allies have also targeted U.S. military personnel, and the State Department has blamed the Islamic Republic for the deaths of more than 600 U.S. troops from the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 until the Pentagon's initial withdrawal in 2011.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.