The US Department of Civil Aviation has banned US air carriers from entering the airspace between Iraq, Iran, the Gulf of Oman, as well as the airspace between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Alarabiya.net reported.
The ban is due to the rockets launch by Iran at two US military bases in Iraq.
The United States reports that the situation poses a significant risk to US civil aviation operations. The ban applies to all airlines registered in the United States.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (ERGC) has launched a second wave of strikes on two US military bases in Iraq, including the Ain al-Assad air base.
Earlier we reported that missiles were fired from Iran on two US military bases in Iraq.