Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia

Twelve US troops wounded in Iran strike on base in Saudi Arabia

March 28, 2026   06:42 am

Twelve U.S. troops were wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian military strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, a ⁠U.S. official told Reuters on Friday.

The latest casualties add to the more than 300 U.S. military service members who have been wounded since the ⁠war against Iran started on February 28. Earlier on Friday, the U.S. military ⁠said 273 of them had already returned to duty. ⁠Thirteen U.S. troops have been killed in ⁠the conflict.

Source: Reuters

--Agencies 

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