Trump to address nation after Iran retaliates for Soleimani killing

DEVELOPING: President Trump to make a national address at 11 a.m. ET after Iran's missile attack last night on Iraqi bases that house US troops.

by firing more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi air bases housing U.S. forces.Washington and Tehran both confirmed that Iran was the source of the missiles launched at military bases hosting U.S. and coalition forces. The extent of any causalities or damage was not immediately clear.One of these was the Ain al-Asad air base, which is around 100 miles northwest of Baghdad

. The Pentagon did not directly name the second base but said it was in or around Irbil, Iraq's second largest city in the Kurdish-run north of the country.The attacks at 1:20 a.m. local time came after Iranian leaders had promised"revenge" and"harsh retaliation" for the death last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who the U.S. killed with a drone strike in Iraq.

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