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Video footage released by Iranian state media purportedly shows rockets launched at Ain al-Asad airbase, a US military installation in Iraq. The attack on the base in the country's west, where US and coalition forces are based, comes after pro-Tehran factions in Iraq vowed to "respond" to a US drone strike that killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani last week. IMAGES
The United States announces sanctions on Iraqi low-cost airline Fly Baghdad, saying it provided assistance to Iran's Revolutionary Guards and proxies, while also targeting leaders of a pro-Iranian Iraq militia for sanctions. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby tells reporters the sanctions are "designed to protect not only our financial system but our national security." SOUNDBITE
Iran Press broadcasts images presented as Iranian missiles being launched from western Kermanshah Province. Iran launched missiles at Iraqi bases housing US troops early Wednesday in retaliation for last week's US drone strike that killed senior Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and Hashed deputy chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. IMAGES
Live TV footage shows four people leaving the hijacked EgyptAir plane that landed in Cyprus, included one man who escapes from the plane's cockpit window. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The United States Navy releases footage it says shows Iran's Revolutionary Guards launching rockets near a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Arabian Gulf in late December. Gavino Garay reports.
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