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Last week. The first attack was retaliation for killing qassem soleimani. Arwa, neither of these attacks hit u. S. Troops that we have heard of or contractors that are stationed there, but what is the latest on how this happened . Reporter well, look, first of all, its worth noting that a attacks against these locations are fairly common. We do have official information of a number of mortar or rocket strikes happening at the al balad air base. At this stage no reports of casualties among u. S. Forces or contractors there, but some injured among the Iraqi Security forces. Remember, all of thes...

The base. Although they would have been located there. This is a major air base and its an important air base for the iraqis as well as the americans. But, you know, alison, this has been happening regularly over the last several weeks really. And it was just a strike exactly like this that killed a u. S. Contractor in iraq and that resulted in the escalating tit for tat tensions that have led to exactly where we are now. The brink of war, and it was just over the past weekend that we walked back from that. And it seems as though this kind of thing is going to continue. What it doesnt seem lik...

And then posted the same message in farsi. In canada, vigils across the country for those who lost their lives on flight ps 752. Id like to take this opportunity to honour the memory of all the victims of this tragic event. Our deepest condolences go out to the families and friends of all these people who have lost their lives. And a strong message from Prime Ministerjustin trudeau. I want to assure all families and all canadians, we will not rest until there are answers. We will not rest until there is justice and accountability. Iran has signalled it wants to de escalate tension with the wes...

Soldiers were injured but no u. S. Troops were harmed. Joining me, matt bradley in tel aviv, israel. Do we have any sense of who may have launched this rocket attack . Reporter its not entirely clear but this is consistent with previous rocket attacks, especially the make and model of the rocket. Remember, this is the type of rocket and this is the type of attack that started all of this a little more than two weeks ago. Thats when a rocket attack on an iraqy base that was housing u. S. Soldiers ended up killing a u. S. Citizen. Thats what caused this tit for tat retaliation and ended in the k...

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