China diverts all its airlines from middle-east airspace

China Airlines said it would not fly over Iran or Iraq. The country has asked all its airlines not to fly over middle-east because of the regional tensions. Before China, Malaysian Airlines also diverted their airplanes from the region which were supposed to use Iranian airspace. The pilots were asked not to fly over Iran. The decision was taken because on Wednesday morning, Iran launched over a dozen ballistic missiles targeting three bases of America in Iraq. Iran's semi-official news agency Fars News Agency tweeted a purported video of missiles firing and said "Start of Iran's vengeful US retaliation / Moment of Iranian missile firing at US base in Ain al-Assad."