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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 war expands: What Houthis joining & attack on US troops means 0 (0)

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they carried out their “first military operation” in support of Iran, after Israel’s military earlier said it detected a missile from Yemen. Meanwhile in the Gulf, at least 10 US service members were injured in an Iranian attack on an air base in Saudi Arabia, a US official told CNN. 0:00 Iran-backed Houthi rebels enter the war 0:18 Eleni Giokos reports from Dubai on Houthi missile attack at Israel 1:45 Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.) & CNN global affairs analyst Kimberly Dozier react to Houthi attack 5:43 Lt. Gen. William Caldwell (Ret.) breaks down the Houthi [See More…]

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Fmr. General Petraeus on the ‘big mistake’ Iran’s military is making 0 (0)

Retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus and CNN global affairs analyst Brett McGurk evaluate the effectiveness of US-Israeli military strikes in Iran and weigh in on Iran’s retaliatory strikes across the Middle East. Cities across the region have been brought into the conflict, with Iran striking a number of Gulf countries in the past days. The United Arab Emirates said it has detected 165 ballistic missiles launched in its direction by Iran since yesterday, of which 152 were destroyed, and 13 fell into the sea. 0:00 Ex-CIA director David Petraeus reacts to growing tension between Iran and other [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…]