Pentagon Confirms 4 New Attacks on US Troops in Middle East After Syria Strike

Pentagon Confirms 4 New Attacks on US Troops in Middle East After Syria Strike
U.S. Soldiers in the 4th Battalion provide M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles for support to Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) eastern Syria on Nov. 10, 2019. Spc. DeAndre Pierce/U.S. Army Reserve
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U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Syria have come under four new rounds of rocket and drone attacks from suspected Iran-backed terror groups in the past day, despite a U.S. airstrike intended to dissuade such attacks.

At a Thursday press briefing, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh confirmed U.S. troops in the Middle East were  accosted by rockets and explosive one-way drones 46 separate times since Oct. 17, including 24 attacks in Iraq and 22 in Syria. She said at least 56 U.S. service members have been injured in these attacks.