Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
U.S. forces bomb #Iran-backed Katayeb Hezbollah militia headquarters in al-Qaim on Iraq-Syria border, according to Sky News Arabia.

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsArabia_B/status/1211326968316215297

#UPDATE
-U.S. forces place all units in bases across Iraq on high alert
-Dead & wounded reported on the site following the U.S. airstrike said to be by American drones
-Attack comes after a U.S. civilian contractor was killed, 4 others wounded in a recent rocket attack

#UPDATE
U.S. airstrike targets HQ of 45th & 46th Brigades of #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) in Iraq.
Three reportedly dead, several wounded.

#BREAKING
U.S. conducts "defensive strikes" in Iraq & Syria targeting five #Iran-backed "Kata'ib Hezbollah facilities in response to recent attacks against @oir coalition forces."
defense.gov/Newsroom/Relea…

@oir #UPDATE
Iraqi media reporting three 3 killed, dozens wounded among #Iran-backed Hezbollah members following strikes targeting their sites in western Iraq on the Syria border.

@oir #UPDATE
-Senior commander of #Iran-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah killed in recent U.S. attacks.
-Sky News Arabia source claims U.S. warplanes targeted "seven positions" of the 45th & 46th Brigade of the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militia

@oir Iranian media:
Abu Ali al-Khazali, close to #Iran's IRGC Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, was reportedly killed in the U.S. attacks targeting Tehran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites in al-Qaim, a town in Iraq adjacent to the Syria border.

@oir U.S. admin holding #Iran-backed militias accountable for attacks targeting U.S. troops since Sep 2018.
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…

Initial toll of five dead, 14 wounded in the U.S. airstrikes targeting Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah bases- reports

@oir #BREAKING
Sky News Arabia:
U.S. journalist kidnapped in Baghdad, reports indicate.

Me:
#Iran retaliating?

@oir #UPDATE
Sky News correspondent:
Death toll following U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah brigades HQ in Iraq has risen to 16 dead and dozens injured.

@oir #UPDATE
-Sky News Arabia sources:
Abu Ali al-Khazali, head of the #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia, has been killed in today's U.S. airstrikes.

-Report: U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles involved in airstrikes

@oir #UPDATE
-12 reported killed in US strikes targeting #Iran-backed militia in Iraq
-4 (122mm) Katyusha rockets land near Taji Camp, where some Americans are stationed
-Initial images of US airstrikes on Kata'ib Hezbollah positions' aftermath

@oir #BREAKING
-Report: U.S. Embassy in Baghdad filled with U.S. troops. Dozens of personnel being evacuated.
-Report: 15 killed in airstrikes
-Video footage of dead & wounded being transferred following U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia.

@oir #UPDATE
Reports:
Large number of security & 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D) units entering U.S. Embassy to evacuate personnel.

@oir #UPDATE
-Sky News Arabia: Iraqi caretaker PM Adel Abdul Mahdi condemns today's U.S. airstrikes, informs U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper of his refusal to bomb #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) sites in Iraq.

-AFP reports Taji attack; others deny.

https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1211374415100952578

@oir #UPDATE
Images of U.S. airstrikes on #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah in al-Qaim, western #Iraq. Pentagon describes attacks as precision strikes.

Hashd al-Shaabi chief Abu Mahdi Muhandis: "Response (to U.S. airstrikes) would be harsh for the American forces in Iraq."

@oir #UPDATE
Sky News Arabia:
Iraqi President Barham Salih considers U.S. strikes on #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites a violation of Iraq's sovereignty.

@oir #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah brigades military chief Abu Ahmed Al-Basri:
"Our forces are ready to demolish U.S. bases & crush their rotten heads as we are await the green light."

My take:
"Green light" from IRGC Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani who answers only to @Khamenei_ir.

@oir @khamenei_ir #UPDATE
#Iran-backed Iraqi militia Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) confirms the death of a 45th Brigade regiment commander Morteza Jabar Gheilan Salman in U.S. airstrikes targeting their base in al-Qaim, western #Iraq.

@oir @khamenei_ir Hey @Twitter,
Why are people telling me you're censoring my tweets?
Especially one citing the "Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman"?
Not cool.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter #UPDATE
Al Arabiya TV: Five Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites were targeted in US airstrikes; three in Iraq, two in Syria.

#Iran’s Fars news agency - Deputy Secretary of Iran-backed militias: “Martyrs' blood will not be wasted. US forces will receive a strong response in Iraq.”

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter Interesting 👇

https://twitter.com/AuroraIntel/status/1211389895056470022

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter Credit @obretix
Geo-location of two of the targeted #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites near al-Qaim, western Iraq

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #UPDATE
-#Iran-backed Hashd Al-Shaabi militia (PMF) in Iraq issued a statement saying at least 19 killed were & 35 others wounded.

-Iraqi media: Iraqi FM Muhammad al-Hakim holds consultations with Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi who is deputy chief of IRGC Quds Force.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #BREAKING
New footage from one of the #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia sites struck by U.S. forces.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix Footage of the dead body of Morteza Jabar Gheilan Salman (aka Abu Ali al-Khazali), commander of the 1st Regiment, 45th Brigade of the #Iran-backed Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) militias in #Iraq.
Killed in today's U.S. airstrikes.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #BREAKING
More footage from the five #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites in Iraq & Syria targeted today by U.S. forces.

Sputnik Arabic reporting 25 dead & 35 wounded.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #BREAKING

UNCONFIRMED REPORT

At least six U.S. F-15Es took off from Jordan's Al-Azraq Airbase & heading to Iraq. They may conduct more attacks on #Iran-backed targets in Iraq, especially if rocket attacks are carried out against the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's Green Zone.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix WARNING - DISTURBING FOOTAGE

More footage of an #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah site targeted in today's U.S. airstrikes.

Al-Arabiya: 25 dead, 38 wounded

Al-Arabiya & Al-Hadath reporting: 3 Iranian officers killed in U.S. airstrikes.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #BREAKING
CNN:
U.S. national security officials arrive in Florida to discuss results of airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia headquarters with U.S. President Donald Trump.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix Iraqis celebrating the U.S. airstrikes against #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah militia positions in Iraq & Syria

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix #UPDATE
Hezbollah’s @AlmanarBreaking cites military spokesman of #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah Brigades, Jaafar Al-Husseini, saying there are 24 dead & more than 50 wounded in today's U.S. airstrikes against three sites in Iraq & two sites in Syria.

-Infograph from @MPPregent

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent #BREAKING
@AlArabiya_Brk sources: Iranian officers killed in U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah specialized in surface-to-surface missiles.

Pentagon:
Airstrikes were a preliminary response

Another video circulating on social media.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk #UPDATE
Pompeo: We will not tolerate #Iran's measures that risk the lives of Americans.
Esper: "... in our discussion today with the President we discussed with him other options that are available. And I would note also that we would take additional actions as necessary."

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk Always interesting to see #Iran apologist/lobbyists & pro-appeasement voices rush to Tehran's support in such desperate times of need.
@tparsi
@Nick_L_Miller
@sarahleah1
@ilangoldenberg

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk @tparsi @Nick_L_Miller @sarahleah1 @ilangoldenberg #UPDATE
Dec 30 - Al Arabiya reporter in Iraq says U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites in Iraq & Syria left "41 Iranians fighters & 25 Hashd Al-Shaabi (PMF) members dead."
Tehran supports the Hashd Al-Shaabi militia conglomerate in Iraq.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk @tparsi @Nick_L_Miller @sarahleah1 @ilangoldenberg #BREAKING
Pentagon declassifies footage of U.S. airstrikes targeting #Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah sites in #Iraq.
This is one of the five sites attacked last night.

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk @tparsi @Nick_L_Miller @sarahleah1 @ilangoldenberg #UPDATE
-#Iran strongly condemns U.S. airstrikes
-Iran-backed Harkat al Nujaba militias threatens to retaliate against US
-Iraqi militia commander: “Response to U.S. forces in Iraq will be very harsh”
-PMF militias in Iraq: "No option but confrontation."
reut.rs/2rDhdHl

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk @tparsi @Nick_L_Miller @sarahleah1 @ilangoldenberg Another video released by the U.S. military

@oir @khamenei_ir @Twitter @obretix @AlmanarBreaking @MPPregent @AlArabiya_Brk @tparsi @Nick_L_Miller @sarahleah1 @ilangoldenberg Map showing locations of known Dec 29 U.S. airstrike targets in Iraq. Sites of #Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah were attacked, reportedly leaving dozens dead and wounded.

Credit: @AuroraIntel