Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies

What happened

According to The Guardian’s linked report, Almost 100 troops injured in recent weeks, Pentagon admits, as Iran launches reprisals on US allies, Iran has attacked a tanker in the strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship, after the US launched a tenth consecutive night of strikes Middle East crisis live: follow latest updates Nearly 100 US service members have been injured over the last two weeks of escalating strikes on Iran, the Pentagon has said, as Tehran launched a wave of reprisals to the tenth consecutive night of attacks. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they had targeted US military sites including air defence systems and a radar installation in Bahrain and Kuwait, while a tanker in the strait of Hormuz reported being ⁠struck by an unknown projectile, forcing its crew to abandon the vessel and board a lifeboat. Continue reading…

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