Dominic Raab has condemned a ballistic missile assault by Iran on air bases in Ira
Dominic Raab has condemned a ballistic missile assault by Iran on air bases in Iraq that home coalition forces, together with British personnel.
The overseas secretary urged Iran to not repeat the “reckless and harmful assaults” on bases in Irbil and al Asad, west of Baghdad.
The Ministry of Defence mentioned there have been no UK casualties within the strikes.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard mentioned the motion was in retaliation for the dying of Normal Qasem Soleimani on Friday.
He was killed outdoors Baghdad airport in a missile strike ordered by US President Donald Trump.
Mr Raab mentioned he was involved by stories of casualties and a warfare within the Center East would solely profit terrorist teams.
There are round 400 UK troops stationed in Iraq, primarily to help in defeating IS.
Greater than a dozen missiles had been fired from Iranian territories into Iraq at about 2:00am native time (10.30 GMT).
On Tuesday, the UK put the Royal Navy and military helicopters on standby within the Gulf amid the rising tensions within the Center East.
The federal government mentioned non-essential UK personnel had additionally been moved out of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.