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BREAKING: 6 Rockets hit joint US #Iraq Al Asad Base. US official confirms to @jackdetsch_ALM .

Same base that Trump & Pompeo visited in 2019. Very alarming development
Waiting to see if any casualties and who is responsible.

Last attack on Kirkuk base unleashed current escalation between US and Iran + Iraq militias.

If there are US casualties, this may mean further escalation
🚨 Al Asad base in Iraq coming under constant fire in Iraq. Houses US troops
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BREAKING: #IRAQ OFFICIAL TV ANNOUNCES #IRAN IRGC LEADER QASSEM SULEIMANI IS ASSASSINATED.

ALSO KILLED HEAD OF KATAIB HEZBOLLAH ABU MEHDI MUHANDIS
Hard to understate how big this is

• Qassem Suleimani is Iran’s most powerful mil figure in Region
• He runs Iran’s proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq
• Both men designated by US as Terrorist
• Muhandis was at US embassy attack protest, calls himself “Suleimani soldier”
In some circles Suleimani talked about as possible heir to Iran supreme leader.

Whoever carried this out has opened a different phase of confrontation with Iran inside Iraq and out...
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Joyce Karam
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A sight to behold from Beirut #Lebanon tonight. Women lead a candlelight march for change in downtown.

The noise you hear is pots and pans...Exceptional time for country. Protests in week 3:
#Lebanon uprising has been a far reaching cry for major changes in system, but these demands relate particularly to women:

1-Allow women to pass citizenship to their children. Now not allowed
2-End Child marriage
3-Put In place stronger anti Harassment + anti marital rape laws
Speaking of #Lebanon & #Iraq Protests, if you are in Washington DC next week, join us for this timely panel @MiddleEastInst to discuss the youth uprisings.

Wednesday, 11/13, 3-3:50 pm: mei.edu/events/middle-…
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Joyce Karam
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Middle East this a.m:

• Bolton’s visit to Turkey Implodes: Erdogan cancels mtg, no Syria agreement
• Russia starts Patrols in Manbij
• Pompeo in Egypt Ahead of speech
• Egypt to host 2019 African Cup ⚽️
• Storm “Norma” ravages Lebanon
• Griffiths to brief UNSC on Yemen
Once again on Syria , no clear direction from US. Erdogan unhappy that Bolton said US wants to protect Kurds (Trump said it before). Pompeo will try his hand in Egypt & GCC.

Photo of Dunford, Bolton and Jeffrey from meeting in Turkey today (Anadolu):
Russia patrols in Manbij Syria are a big deal. Moscow once again, using US-Turkey quarreling, uncertainty in Trump position, tension in Kurdish-US relations to its advantage in a terrain it knows well.

It has already hosted a Kurdish delegation to Moscow.
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#BREAKING
At least four rockets hit Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. troops are housed in this site.
#BREAKING
TWO REPORTS - IRAQ

1)
 Rocket attack targeting Ain al-Assad air base, west of Baghdad where US troops are housed.
@thestevennabil: Sources on the ground say attack came from multiple launch pads.

2)
 Explosion reported in Erbil.
Apache helicopters flying the area.
@thestevennabil #UPDATE
-@CarlaBabbVOA quoting defense source reports attack on Al-Assad Air base in Iraq is ongoing. Rounds are still coming in and at least 30 have landed so far.

-#Iran's Fars News Agency reports Iranian ballistic missiles used.

(Credit: @ELINTNews & @no_itsmyturn)
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#BREAKING: Oman’s ruler Sultan Qaboos has called on the US and Iran to resolve their issues diplomatically and asked the international community to intensify efforts for peace in the region arab.news/pyz8x
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1: The key here is the reaction of the people.

Most Iraqis don't like the Iranians and the Iranian influence. The anti govt protests there were against a govt controlled by the Iranians and against the Iranians themselves. The PMUs were the ones using snipers to shoot protesters
2: With regards to #Iran, this is a big event that can't go without retaliation. The situation can easily lead to a full scale war. Everybody in the region is now preparing for the eventuality of war.

If conflict starts, It'll be a regional war including Israel, Hezboallah, etc
3: Let's not even talk about the price of oil if conflict starts. This is the oil hub of the world & doesn't matter is a country is self sufficient in oil or not. Oil follows an international price. So if the fireworks go in big scale, oil will skyrocket & the economy 👎
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🚨 #BREAKING: Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), ie, Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) 🇮🇶 relations director, Muhammad Reda Aljabery with a delegation of 🇮🇷 Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 2 cars on the Baghdad Int'l airport road taken out.
2. Mohammed Ridha head of PMF Protocol office was accompanied by high value guests, their SUVs hit directly inside Baghdad Airport’s main road.

"Mohammad Reza Kazim
Mohammad Reza Al-Jabri
Mohammed Al-Shaybani
Hassan AbdulHadi
Hassan Resistance
Haidar Ali"

Iranian
3. Reports are that Muhammad Reda was behind the US embassy attack. #Bagdad Airport
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BREAKING: The White House has said that US President #Trump is canceling his upcoming South America trip to remain in the US "to oversee the American response to Syria." - @NBCNews
This sounds like the US is planning to strike #Syria and Trump will remain in the US to closely monitor responses by #Russia. This is terrible.
BREAKING - British forces are now mobilizing at their bases in #Cyprus for strikes against #Syria. It appears very likely that the US, France and U.K. will strike Syria in the next 24 hours. This is dreadful.
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