Iran has fired more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi
military bases hosting US troops, the Pentagon confirmed.
The missiles targeted the Ain al-Assad base in Anbar
province and a facility near Erbil's airport in northern Iraq early on
Wednesday morning; they were fired in retaliation for the killing of top
Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by the US, Iran said.
US President Donald Trump said he would make a statement on
the attacks on Wednesday morning in Washington, DC.
As tension increases, governments around the world are
calling for a return to diplomacy and considering plans to withdraw their
citizens.
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Below are reactions from around the world:
European Union
The European Commission called for an immediate end to the
use of weapons in the Middle East conflict amid escalating tensions between
Washington and Tehran, urging efforts to restart dialogue.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told a
news briefing before departing to London that she would discuss the situation
with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"The use of weapons must stop now to give space for
dialogue," she told reporters after a meeting of her commissioners.
"We are called upon to do everything possible to
rekindle talks. There cannot be enough of that. We have established and
time-tested relations with many actors in the region and beyond to de-escalate
the situation," she said.
Germany
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said his
country "rejects this aggression in the sharpest possible terms."
She told German public broadcaster ARD that "it's now
particularly up to the Iranians not to engage in further escalation.'
None of the German troops stationed in Iraq were injured.
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