forces in Iraq and Syria have been carried out by Iran-backed militia groups. The number of attacks ramped up after Oct. 7, when the war between Israel and Hamas broke out. Since October, U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria, as well as Jordan have been attacked over 180 times, according to...
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, Iran-affiliated militias have increased their attacks on U.S. bases in Syria in retaliation for the U.S. backing of Israel. According to the war monitor, the number of such attacks has reached nearly 80 times.■...
forces in Iraq and Syria 16 times in the past 10 days,causing more than 20 injuries as the Pentagon is surging airdefenses to the region.The most recent attack targeted U.S. forces at a base attachedto the airport in Erbil, Iraq, with no casualties reported, Pentagonspokesman Brig. Gen....
US troops in Syria and Iraq have frequently come under attack since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, 2023. US retaliatory counterstrikes against Iran-backed militias in the region have so far failed to ...
Officials said they believe the attacks involved as many as five drones laden with explosive charges, and that they hit both the U.S. side of al-Tanf garrison and the side where Syrian opposition forces stay. There were no reported injuries or deaths as a result of the attack. ...
The administration blamed the drone strike on the group Islamic Resistance of Iraq, a group of militias backed by Iran. Austin on Thursday said it's unclear if Iran knew about the drone attack ahead of time, but without Iran, these attacks wouldn't take place. ...
Since 18 October, there have been 166 attacks on US military installations, according to officials in Washington. They are said to include 67 attacks in Iraq, 98 in Syria and the one at Tower 22 in Jordan.
Kirby also made clear that American patience has worn thin after more than two months of attacks by Iranian proxies on U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan and on U.S. Navy and commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The proxy groups — including Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Iraq based Ka...
Days later, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada's commander vowed to retaliate and since then several rockets attacks have been reported against bases housing U.S. troops in Syria and Iraq. Hundreds of U.S. troops are deployed in eastern Syria as part of the war against the Islamic State group. T...
The Biden administration has repeatedly insisted it is trying to deter Iran and its proxies in the region, while avoiding an escalation. Since October 18, three US service members have been killed and 143 have been injured in attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria. ...