US-Middle East

The US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 73 times since October 17, Fox News reported citing a Pentagon source.

US forces have been attacked 66 times in the Middle East since the uptick in violence that began in mid-October, Defense Department deputy spokesperson Sabrina Singh has confirmed.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the United States is intensifying the Israeli regime's war on Gaza.

US bases in the Middle East were attacked 55 times in the period of October 17 - November 14, US Department of Defense Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh has told reporters.

The United States Air Force carried out two airstrikes in Syria against what it called two targets affiliated to pro-Iranian forces. Iran says, upon a request by the Syrian government, it maintains an advisory mission in the Middle Eastern country.

US President Joe Biden reportedly intends to urge his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to wield his clout with Tehran to prevent the Palestine-Israel conflict from escalating into a wider regional one.

The United States carried out military raids in Syria in response to repeated attacks against American forces stationed in Iraq and Syria, The Pentagon announced late Wednesday.

The Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations says Iran has never been involved in any attack against military bases in Syria and Iraq that house American troops.

The Pentagon has announced that it is "seeing an uptick" in the attacks blamed on Iran-backed groups targeting the US bases in the Middle East. Tehran has rejected the claims, stressing that they were acting on their own.

American forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 38 times with rockets and drones since mid-October, injuring dozens of US personnel, the Pentagon has confirmed.

Russia's foreign minister has asserted that Western states are actively steering Middle Eastern countries toward a potential large-scale conflict. Sergei Lavrov pointed out that historically, such "Anglo-Saxon strategies" have precipitated waves of terrorism and forced the migration of countless refugees.

Palestinian movement Hamas has assigned responsibility for the deadly strike on a refugee facility in the Gaza Strip also to the United States and President Joe Biden, which provides assistance to Israel.

The US military has acknowledged carrying out “unarmed” drone flights over the Gaza Strip, saying the UAVs were deployed to help locate hostages taken by Hamas.

Washington is working to send a “strong” message of deterrence to Tehran as concerns of a wider regional conflict escalate, the White House  announced Monday. Iran Denies directing armed groups that strike the US bases in Iraq and Syria, but warns Israel's crimes against the people of Gaza and US support for Tel Aviv could “ricochet far-reaching consequences".

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said in an interview that the United States has “absolutely no intention” of sending American combat troops into Israel or Gaza amid fears over a wider regional conflict.

A US Marine rapid response force is moving toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea, according to two officials — amid concerns over the war in Gaza broadening into a regional conflict.

The US sees an "elevated risk" of a spillover conflict in the Middle East as armed groups continue targeting American troops stationed in the region. Iran denies being behind the strikes.

A senior member of Hamas has stated that the Palestinian group was surprised by America’s reaction to recent violence in the Gaza Strip, suggesting Washington could enter the fight after it sent thousands of troops and a pair of aircraft carriers to the region.

US forces have been attacked 20 times throughout Iraq and Syria since October 17, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder has confirmed in a statement.

US President Joe Biden warned Tehran on Wednesday that the United States would respond if Iran or "its allied proxies" attacked American service members stationed in the Middle East. Tehran has denied any involvement in the recent attacks on American bases in Iraq and Syria.

American forces were targeted by drones and rockets at least ten times in Iraq and three times in Syria since October 17, according to the Pentagon officials. Washington has accused Iran-backed militias, but admitted there is no evidence to pin blame on Tehran's leadership for ordering the strikes.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned so-called “Iranian proxies” that he said “have repeatedly attacked US personnel in Iraq and Syria” in recent days, and stressed that Washington does not seek war with Tehran. Iran has repeatedly warned the United States against any act of mischief in the region.

The United States has not seen a direct order from Iran to attack US troops in the region, the Pentagon has announced following a rise in attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has warned that American soldiers in the Middle East face increased risk of being attacked as Iran and its allies in the region look to exploit the turmoil created by the Israel-Hamas war. The Pentagon chief has vowed to respond to attacks by Tehran and its allies. Iranian officials say Tehran was not involved in the recent Hamas attack on Israel but warn the Zionist regime's crimes against the people of Gaza could “ricochet far-reaching consequences".

Katyusha rockets on Sunday targeted the Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US and other international forces in western Iraq, and one blast was heard inside the base, two army sources have confirmed. Since the start of the war between Israel and Palestine, the US forces in the region have come under repeated drone attacks in Iraq and Syria.