{"id":2154826,"date":"2024-01-20T20:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T01:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-personnel-injured-in-iranian-backed-militants-missile-attack-on-iraqi-airbase\/"},"modified":"2024-01-20T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T01:25:00","slug":"us-personnel-injured-in-iranian-backed-militants-missile-attack-on-iraqi-airbase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-personnel-injured-in-iranian-backed-militants-missile-attack-on-iraqi-airbase\/","title":{"rendered":"US troops hurt in Iranian-backed militants&#8217; missile strike on Iraqi airbase"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-personnel-injured-in-iranian-backed-militants-missile-attack-on-iraqi-airbase%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2154826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Iranian \u200bMissiles Strike al Asad Airbase, Injuring \u200cU.S. Personnel<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, Iranian missiles made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fully-vaccinated-oscar-de-la-hoya-hospitalized-with-covid-19-withdraws-from-comeback-fight\/\" title=\"Fully Vaccinated Oscar De La Hoya Hospitalized With COVID-19, Withdraws From Comeback Fight\">direct hit<\/a> on al Asad Airbase \u2063in Western Iraq,\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swedish-youth-damages-eyesight-after-tik-tok-homemade-bomb-trend\/\" title=\"Swedish Youth Damages Eyesight After Tik Tok 'Homemade Bomb' Trend\">causing injuries<\/a> to several\u200c U.S.\u200d personnel stationed \u2062there, \u2062as confirmed by U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDamage\u200b assessments are ongoing,\u201d CENTCOM stated. \u201cA number of \u2062U.S. personnel are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-hospitalized-undergoing-medical-evaluation\/\" title=\"Israeli PM Netanyahu hospitalized, undergoing medical evaluation.\">undergoing evaluation<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With Home Depot Founders\">traumatic brain injuries<\/a>.\u200c At\u200d least one Iraqi\u2062 service member was\u200d wounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200b base&#8217;s air defense system successfully\u2063 intercepted most of the missiles, according to CENTCOM. This marks the 58th\u200c attack by Iranian-backed militants on the U.S.\u200d military in Iraq \u2063since\u2064 Hamas initiated\u200c its assault on Israel on October \u20647, \u20622023.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"al\u2062 Asad\u2063 Airbase\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Continued Attacks on U.S. \u2062Military Targets<\/h3>\n<p>Furthermore, Iran-backed militants have\u200b targeted U.S. military sites in Syria on 83 occasions. Just five\u2063 days ago, these militants \u2062simultaneously \u2064launched attacks on both\u200d Iraq and Syria. While Iran&#8217;s guards claimed the strikes were aimed at &#8220;espionage centers and \u200bgatherings \u200cof anti-Iranian terrorist groups,&#8221; the Governor of Erbil, Iraq,\u200d denounced them\u200d as acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there \u2064are approximately 2,500 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and another 900 in Syria. Their presence is crucial in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-troops-in-iraq-and-syria-have-been-attacked-at-least-16-times-this-month\/\" title=\"US troops attacked 16+ times this month in Iraq and Syria.\">supporting local\u200d forces<\/a> and \u200dpreventing the Islamic State from regaining control, as it did\u200b in \u20622014.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How many attacks have Iranian-backed \u200bmilitants launched on the\u2062 U.S. military in Iraq and Syria combined<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<h2>Iranian Missiles Strike al Asad Airbase, Injuring \u2062U.S. Personnel<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, Iranian missiles made a direct hit on al Asad Airbase in Western Iraq, causing injuries to several U.S. personnel stationed there, as confirmed by U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Damage assessments are \u2063ongoing,&#8221; CENTCOM stated. &#8220;A number of U.S. personnel are undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries. At least one Iraqi service member was wounded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The base&#8217;s air defense system successfully intercepted most of \u2063the missiles,\u200c according to \u200cCENTCOM. \u2062This marks the 58th\u2064 attack by Iranian-backed \u200bmilitants on the \u2063U.S. military in\u200b Iraq since Hamas initiated its assault on Israel on October\u200d 7, 2023.<\/p>\n[Image: al Asad Airbase]\n<p>Continued Attacks on U.S. Military Targets<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Iran-backed militants have targeted U.S. military \u200dsites in Syria on 83 occasions. Just five days ago, these militants\u2064 simultaneously launched attacks on both\u2064 Iraq and Syria. While Iran&#8217;s guards claimed the strikes were aimed at &#8220;espionage\u2062 centers\u200c and gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups,&#8221;\u200b the\u2063 Governor of Erbil, Iraq, denounced them as acts of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are approximately \u200c2,500 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and another 900 in Syria. Their presence is \u2064crucial in supporting\u2064 local forces and preventing\u200c the Islamic State from regaining control, as it did in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an attack on al Asad Airbase in Western Iraq, Iranian missiles hit and injured U.S. personnel stationed there, as confirmed by U.S. Central Command. Ongoing assessments are being conducted to determine the extent of the damage. Several U.S. personnel are currently being evaluated for traumatic brain injuries, while at least one Iraqi service member was also affected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2154827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2154827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}