Iran fires 10 missiles at Azraq military base in Jordan: state media

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Iran confirms it has fired 10 missiles at the Azraq military base in Jordan, according to the state-run ISNA news agency.

“The enemy command and control centre in West Asia and the Al-Azraq Air Base in Jordan were targeted at 2:20pm today with 10 ballistic missiles; in the event of a repetition of aggression, other US bases in the region will not be safe from our heavy fire,” the agency quotes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as saying.

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