"U.S. Service Members Injured in Al-Asad Airbase Missile Attack, Pentagon Reports"
Several U.S. service members were injured in a missile attack by Iranian-backed militias on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq. The attack involved a close-range ballistic missile and resulted in eight injuries and minor infrastructural damage. The U.S. military responded with a retaliatory strike, killing several Iranian-backed militia personnel. This comes amid an uptick in attacks on American-affiliated military bases in Iraq and Syria, with concerns that the conflict between Israel and Hamas could escalate into a wider conflict in the Middle East.
