Iran launches large attack on US-led forces in Iraq, Pentagon says

• Iran has launched an attack on US-led forces in Iraq, the US military said on Tuesday.
• We are working on initial battle damage assessments," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in statement.

WASHINGTON: Iran has launched an attack on US-led forces in Iraq, the US military said on Tuesday, adding Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel.

"We are working on initial battle damage assessments," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in statement, adding that the bases targeted were at Al-Asad air base and another in Erbil, Iraq.

"We are working on initial battle damage assessments."