According to the Pentagon, the vast majority of casualties are minor, with most of them already back in active duty. The number of Iranian strikes on U.S. bases has fallen sharply since the start of the war, after the damage inflicted on the…
Category: 3. Middle East
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As many as 150 U.S. troops wounded so far by Iranian counterstrikes on American military bases
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Donald Trump on Iran: We won, but don’t want to leave early
“You never like to say too early you won. We won,” Trump told a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky. “In the first hour, it was over.”He said the US had knocked out 58 Iranian naval ships.Trump has seesawed on Iran, crediting the US military…
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Trump administration estimates Iran war cost at over $11 billion in six days, source says
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Officials from President Donald Trump’s administration estimated during a congressional briefing this week that the first six days of the war on Iran had cost the United States at least $11.3…
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Iran seeks to turn Mojtaba Khamenei’s injuries into heroism
The Islamic Republic is using injuries sustained by Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, to “turn him into a hero,” an Iran expert at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) said on Wednesday.Mojtaba, the second-eldest…
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Iranian sea mines: the West’s waterborne nightmare
Tehran is seeking to choke the vital Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic following US and Israeli strikes against Iran, with fears it could be using sea mines to do so.
US forces have struck 28 Iranian mine-laying vessels, President Donald Trump said…
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FBI said to warn California that Iran could launch drones from boat at West Coast
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly warned police departments in California that Iran could retaliate for US attacks by launching drones at the West Coast.
The news was first reported by ABC News on Wednesday,…
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Iran demands no more US, Israel attacks for ceasefire
Iran has demanded a guarantee that neither Israel nor the US will attack the Islamic Republic in the future in order to sign a ceasefire for the current conflict, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed Iranian officials.The officials…
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US Senate Democrats push for answers on strike targeting Iran girls’ school, civilian casualties
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Nearly every U.S. Senate Democrat signed a letter sent to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday requesting a “swift investigation” of airstrikes on a girls’ school in Iran that…
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Report: Russia giving Iran drone strike tactics from Ukraine war, intelligence source says
The source indicates that Russia is providing Iran with tactical advice on sending Shahed drones, which it has used extensively in the war with Ukraine and which so far have been effective at hitting targets in the Gulf and Cyprus
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Internation Energy Agency announces record release of stocks in response to Iran war
The move to release 400 million barrels of oil was characterized by the IEA as an emergency response to the U.S.-Iran war, but was played down by the U.S. Interior Secretary, who said that the oil crisis was a ‘temporary transit problem that…
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