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Iran war: Trump responds as 3 US troops killed 0 (0)

The US military said on Sunday that another service member was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed Iranian drone. The death comes a day after the Pentagon announced the fatalities of two service members in Jordan. CNN’s Kevin Liptak reports from the White House on the first American casualties resulting from Iranian strikes since March. Also, CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas and CNN military analyst Cedric Leighton break down the current risk level to US troops in the Middle East region. 0:00 President Trump reacts to US service members killed by Iranian strikes 1:00 CENTCOM [See More…]

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Iran attacks US base in Bahrain; blasts in Israel, Qatar, UAE 0 (0)

Iran said it targeted US military facilities in several countries in the Persian Gulf, as well as sending barrages of missiles toward Israel, after the US and Israel began strikes against Iranian military and government targets on Saturday morning local time. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait, al-Dhafra Air Base in the UAE, and the US naval base in Bahrain have been targeted. Muwaffaq al-Salti Air Base in Jordan was also targeted, according to Iranian state media, as well as a US base in northern Iraq. Additionally, Iran launched [See More…]